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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The unnamed narrator recalls her mother telling her that which type of stone had been inherited from the narrator's great-grandmother?
(a) An opal.
(b) An amethyst.
(c) An emerald.
(d) A sapphire.

3. 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 old man.
(c) The ex-milliner.
(d) Professor Inui's wife.

4. The conversation between the unnamed narrator and the old man in Chapter 7 takes place on what type of vehicle?
(a) A boat.
(b) A pedicab.
(c) A train.
(d) A motorcycle.

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

6. At the end of Chapter 1, the unnamed narrator recalls asking her mother, "Why are you the only one who hasn't" (7) taken what action?
(a) Lost anything.
(b) Thrown anything away.
(c) Forgotten anything.
(d) Called the Memory Police.

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

8. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 6, "It's always sad when a" what "disappears" (44)?
(a) Food.
(b) Pet.
(c) Flower.
(d) Article of clothing.

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) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Dark green.
(d) Yellow.

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

11. 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) Sapphire.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Diamond.
(d) Emerald.

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

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

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

15. How many black garbage bags full of the unnamed narrator's late father's belongings do the five Memory Police officers seize after their hour-long search?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. A crowd gathers on the banks of what body of water in Chapter 6 to watch the latest objects disappear?

3. By what letter of the alphabet does the unnamed narrator refer to her literary editor?

4. The narrator tells R in Chapter 11, "I suspect the only reason I've been able to go on writing is that I've had your" what "by my side all along" (82)?

5. The unnamed narrator's home on the island is very close to what sort of body of water?

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