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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The old man attempts to reassure the unnamed narrator by telling her in Chapter 7, "Those Memory Police are only after people who aren't able to" (54) take which action?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Obey.
(c) Forget.
(d) Remember.

2. Near the end of Chapter 8, R detects the scent of what object within one of the empty drawers in the cabinet?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Vanilla.
(c) Ginger.
(d) Perfume.

3. The unnamed narrator recalls that whenever she sat on her father's lap in the observatory, she always restrained herself from asking him if he knew about the existence of the items in which piece of furniture?
(a) The desk.
(b) The cabinet.
(c) The Murphy bed.
(d) The bookcase.

4. The unnamed narrator states that "it has been" how many "years since [the Memory Police] first appeared" (20)?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

5. R tells the unnamed narrator at the end of Chapter 8 that he has not taken what action?
(a) Forgotten his mother.
(b) Forgotten his vow of revenge.
(c) Forgotten his promise.
(d) Forgotten anything.

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

7. What kind of scientist was the unnamed narrator's father prior to his death?
(a) A geologist.
(b) An astronomer.
(c) An entomologist.
(d) An ornithologist.

8. How many people do the Memory Police take away in the back of one of their trucks after the raid at the strip mall in Chapter 4?
(a) 73.
(b) 4.
(c) 32.
(d) 16.

9. The unnamed narrator remarks that her newest novel is about a woman who works as a what?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A typist.

10. Which objects are disappeared from the island in Chapter 6?
(a) Vases.
(b) Paper clips.
(c) Roses.
(d) Hats.

11. How often does the narrator down supplies to R so that he may bathe?
(a) Every day.
(b) Every other day.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Every three days.

12. It is rumored that the Memory Police have recruited all people with what job to be informants for them?
(a) Bricklayer.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Electrician.
(d) Plumber.

13. A crowd gathers on the banks of what body of water in Chapter 6 to watch the latest objects disappear?
(a) The bog.
(b) The river.
(c) The bay.
(d) The lake.

14. Who originally comes up with the idea for R to hide from the Memory Police in the unnamed narrator's home?
(a) The old man.
(b) R.
(c) The unnamed narrator.
(d) Professor Inui.

15. In what location does the narrator tell R that she has found a hiding place for him?
(a) On the old man's boat.
(b) At the library.
(c) At the narrator's house.
(d) At R's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening line of Chapter 5, the unnamed narrator states that which season passes "quickly" (27)?

2. When R hears the unnamed narrator's description of the one object she remembers her mother showing to her, R identifies it as which stone?

3. The conversation between the unnamed narrator and the old man in Chapter 7 takes place on what type of vehicle?

4. The unnamed narrator's favorite story of her mother's was the one about what object?

5. How many years before the narrative present did the unnamed narrator's nurse die of a heart attack, as revealed in Chapter 2?

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