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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

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

3. The narrator's new editor tells the narrator that R had left an empty desk, except for her novel, when he suddenly took what action?
(a) Disappeared.
(b) Quit.
(c) Got fired.
(d) Moved away.

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

5. When the Memory Police arrive unannounced at the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 2, what action does she ask them to take, though she is ignored?
(a) She asks them to join her for breakfast.
(b) She asks them to take off their boots.
(c) She asks them to wipe their feet.
(d) She asks them to put away their guns.

6. 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)?
(a) Guidance.
(b) Heart.
(c) Brilliance.
(d) Shadow.

7. In the opening line of Chapter 5, the unnamed narrator states that which season passes "quickly" (27)?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

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

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

10. On the day the narrator tells R that she has found a place for him to hide, he tells her that his wife is due to give birth in how many months?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

12. 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 bookcase.
(b) The cabinet.
(c) The desk.
(d) The Murphy bed.

13. 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?
(a) A high school.
(b) An art school.
(c) An elementary school.
(d) A university.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does the narrator down supplies to R so that he may bathe?

2. 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?

3. Near the end of Chapter 8, R detects the scent of what object within one of the empty drawers in the cabinet?

4. Who is NOT the subject of one of the novelist narrator's three books that she has published thus far?

5. When R sees his room, he murmurs that it is "like a" what "floating in the sky" (76)?

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