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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many of the Memory Police's "dark green trucks with canvas covers in back" (20) are present at the raid in Chapter 4?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 23.

3. What knitted object does the unnamed narrator give to the old man in Chapter 5?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A hat.
(c) A pair of gloves.
(d) A sweater.

4. In or on what piece of furniture did the unnamed narrator's keep her disappeared objects?
(a) A cabinet.
(b) A desk.
(c) A drafting table.
(d) A bookcase.

5. The unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The sun room.
(c) The basement.
(d) The attic.

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

7. 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?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Emerald.
(c) Diamond.
(d) Sapphire.

8. By what letter of the alphabet does the unnamed narrator refer to her literary editor?
(a) L.
(b) R.
(c) P.
(d) Q.

9. R asks to see which room of the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 8?
(a) The attic.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The laundry room.
(d) The basement.

10. The narrator tells R in Chapter 10 that which character will meet him on Wednesday at 8 a.m. at Central Station?
(a) Professor Inui.
(b) The ex-milliner.
(c) Professor Inui's wife.
(d) The old man.

11. It is revealed in Chapter 5 that the unnamed narrator's mother had received a letter from the Memory Police how many years back?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

12. What is NOT a reason that "no one ever attempts to cross" (8) the mountains to the north?
(a) The mountainsides are rife with thorny trees and bushes.
(b) The tops of the mountains are always surrounded with mist.
(c) Mountain-climbing gear was disappeared long ago.
(d) All maps of the island were disappeared long ago.

13. How many objects are still within the drawers of the cabinet when R asks about them in Chapter 8?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 8.

14. What is the name of the Inuis' cat, whom the narrator claims could be easily identified by the Memory Police?
(a) Fumiko.
(b) Layla.
(c) Kiku.
(d) Mizore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator anxiously waits for R on the appointed Wednesday, knowing that it generally takes how many minutes to walk from the station to her house?

2. The old man tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 7 that he has lived on the island how much longer than she has?

3. What object does the unnamed narrator drop while reacting to the young prisoner's fall onto the concrete?

4. At what type of abandoned school is the wooden box where R's wife and the old man exchange messages for R on days that end in zeros?

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

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