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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The unnamed narrator's home on the island is very close to what sort of body of water?
(a) A lake.
(b) A bog.
(c) A bay.
(d) A river.

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

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

6. R comes over to the unnamed narrator's house in Chapter 8 for what reason?
(a) To ask for asylum.
(b) To review her latest novel pages.
(c) To warn her.
(d) To borrow a cup of sugar.

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

8. The unnamed narrator observes in Chapter 6 that her literary editor R is asking about what element of her life whenever he asks how she is doing?
(a) Her evasion of the Memory Police.
(b) Her progress on her newest novel.
(c) Her financial situation.
(d) Her grief over losing her parents.

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

10. Who is NOT the subject of one of the novelist narrator's three books that she has published thus far?
(a) A young woman caring for her ill brother.
(b) A ballerina with one leg.
(c) A piano tuner.
(d) A doctor.

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

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

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

14. 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) Forget.
(c) Obey.
(d) Remember.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How many other things about R does the unnamed narrator know in addition to that fact that he works as an editor?

5. What kind of scientist was the unnamed narrator's father prior to his death?

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