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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what sort of seat did the unnamed narrator used to sit as a child in her mother's studio?
(a) A swing.
(b) A bench.
(c) A stool.
(d) A hassock.

2. The sound of what object interrupts the birthday celebration in progress at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The air raid siren.
(b) The doorbell.
(c) The wind.
(d) The radio.

3. Which character eats and smiles less frequently after the search of the narrator's home by the Memory Police?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The ex-milliner.
(c) The old man.
(d) R.

4. What action do R, the narrator, and the old man take "for a long time" (204) once they are reunited in R's hidden room at the end of Chapter 21?
(a) They cry.
(b) They hug.
(c) They pray.
(d) They hold hands and stare at one another.

5. The old man tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 7 that he has lived on the island how much longer than she has?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 4 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 28, "The number of trains had shrunk, and the boat at last sank completely beneath the surface" (271) of what body of water?

2. What is NOT a reason that "no one ever attempts to cross" (8) the mountains to the north?

3. The remodeling of R's future home within the unnamed narrator's house takes how many days for the old man to finish?

4. What statement does the unnamed narrator make about the process of writing her new novel in Chapter 6?

5. The unnamed narrator remarks that her newest novel is about a woman who works as a what?

(see the answer key)

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