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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the hatch located that serves as the only way to get into R's hiding place in the home of the unnamed narrator?
(a) In the floor of the basement.
(b) In the floor of her late father's office.
(c) In the floor of the kitchen.
(d) In the ceiling of the basement.

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

4. 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)?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Uncles.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Nieces.

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 put away their guns.
(b) She asks them to take off their boots.
(c) She asks them to wipe their feet.
(d) She asks them to join her for breakfast.

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

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

8. The unnamed narrator of The Memory Police states in Chapter 1 that her mother had been what type of artist?
(a) A poet.
(b) A dancer.
(c) A sculptor.
(d) A painter.

9. R tells the unnamed narrator at the end of Chapter 8 that he has not taken what action?
(a) Forgotten his vow of revenge.
(b) Forgotten anything.
(c) Forgotten his mother.
(d) Forgotten his promise.

10. 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) Dark green.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

11. What object does the unnamed narrator drop while reacting to the young prisoner's fall onto the concrete?
(a) Her keys.
(b) Her wallet.
(c) Her cup of coffee.
(d) The envelope containing her manuscript.

12. 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?
(a) 10.
(b) 60.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

13. The narrator is perplexed by her new editor's question about what topic, since R had never posed the question to her?
(a) What she would like to get paid.
(b) When her next novel will be finished.
(c) Her ideas for her next novel.
(d) Whether she has ever been in love.

14. 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) Moved away.
(c) Quit.
(d) Got fired.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. R comes over to the unnamed narrator's house in Chapter 8 for what reason?

2. What statement does the unnamed narrator make about the process of writing her new novel in Chapter 6?

3. Once R and the narrator fall into a predictable daily routine, what is the only time she lingers in R's room to chat?

4. 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?

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

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