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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator's mother and father had liked to meet at what location during their courtship?
(a) The rose garden.
(b) The museum.
(c) The willow tree.
(d) The hospital.

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

3. From what location does the old man come to help the unnamed narrator prepare for the colder weather?
(a) A boat.
(b) A museum.
(c) A train.
(d) A train car.

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

5. The old man declares that what weather had been helpful in getting R smuggled into the narrator's home?
(a) Snow.
(b) Wind.
(c) Rain.
(d) Sun.

6. When R sees his room, he murmurs that it is "like a" what "floating in the sky" (76)?
(a) Piano.
(b) Coffin.
(c) Cave.
(d) Canoe.

7. Professor Inui tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 5 that he and his family must move to what location in the morning?
(a) The Memory Police barracks.
(b) The internment camp.
(c) The genetic analysis center.
(d) The medical faculty office.

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

9. In Chapter 9, the Memory Police are said to be "appearing more often in the streets" (64) riding in trucks painted what color?
(a) Red.
(b) Dark green.
(c) Black.
(d) Yellow.

10. How many other things about R does the unnamed narrator know in addition to that fact that he works as an editor?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

11. When the unnamed narrator hears tapping on the glass and finds Professor Inui and his family outside her home, the unnamed narrator recalls that the boy is how many years old?
(a) 16.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

12. 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) 16.
(b) 4.
(c) 73.
(d) 32.

13. The remodeling of R's future home within the unnamed narrator's house takes how many days for the old man to finish?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

14. Which season is said to have "deepened" (64) on the island by the time Chapter 9 begins?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

15. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator bring Chapter 7 to a close?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator recalls her mother telling her that which type of stone had been inherited from the narrator's great-grandmother?

2. What knitted object does the unnamed narrator give to the old man in Chapter 5?

3. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 2 that she believes that she has a group of which family members "living in a village near the source of the far side of the mountains" (8)?

4. How many days does it take for the body of water used for disappearing to return to normal?

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

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