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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 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) Brilliance.
(b) Shadow.
(c) Guidance.
(d) Heart.

2. Once R and the narrator fall into a predictable daily routine, what is the only time she lingers in R's room to chat?
(a) When she collects his lunch tray.
(b) When she brings him a bucket of water for bathing.
(c) When she collects his breakfast tray.
(d) When she collects his dinner tray.

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

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

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

6. What meal do the unnamed narrator and the old man share together in Chapter 5?
(a) Omelettes.
(b) Hamburgers.
(c) Stew.
(d) Waffles.

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

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

9. 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) Called the Memory Police.
(c) Forgotten anything.
(d) Thrown anything away.

10. How many other things about R does the unnamed narrator know in addition to that fact that he works as an editor?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

12. 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) 3.
(b) 23.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

13. 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 mountainsides are rife with thorny trees and bushes.
(c) Mountain-climbing gear was disappeared long ago.
(d) The tops of the mountains are always surrounded with mist.

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

15. When the unnamed narrator used to take a particular meal to her father's observatory as an excuse to spend time with him there, what meal did she always bring?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Midnight snack.
(d) Breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. The unnamed narrator's favorite story of her mother's was the one about what object?

4. 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?

5. The unnamed narrator recalls that the disappeared objects in her palm had felt "like little" (5) what?

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