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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator's favorite story of her mother's was the one about what object?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A book.
(c) A watch.
(d) A bottle of perfume.

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

3. 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 progress on her newest novel.
(b) Her evasion of the Memory Police.
(c) Her grief over losing her parents.
(d) Her financial situation.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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) Forget.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Remember.
(d) Obey.

10. In or on what piece of furniture did the unnamed narrator's keep her disappeared objects?
(a) A cabinet.
(b) A bookcase.
(c) A desk.
(d) A drafting table.

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

12. 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) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Dark green.

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

14. What statement does the unnamed narrator make about the process of writing her new novel in Chapter 6?
(a) It is surprising her at every turn.
(b) It is not going very well.
(c) It is impossible.
(d) It no longer interests her.

15. When the raid on the strip mall begins, the unnamed narrator hides behind what object while she clutches the envelope that holds her latest manuscript?
(a) A car.
(b) A taxi stand.
(c) A mailbox.
(d) A lamp pole.

Short Answer 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)?

2. 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?

3. The old man tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 7 that he has lived on the island how much longer than she has?

4. What is the name of the Inuis' cat, whom the narrator claims could be easily identified by the Memory Police?

5. The remodeling of R's future home within the unnamed narrator's house takes how many days for the old man to finish?

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