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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 train.
(d) A museum.

2. 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.

3. How many black garbage bags full of the unnamed narrator's late father's belongings do the five Memory Police officers seize after their hour-long search?
(a) 15.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

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

5. 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) An art school.
(b) A university.
(c) A high school.
(d) An elementary school.

6. R asks to see which room of the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 8?
(a) The attic.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The laundry room.
(d) The basement.

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

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

9. The old man tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 7 that he has lived on the island how much longer than she has?
(a) 2 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 4 times.
(d) 3 times.

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

11. On Wednesday afternoon at the start of Chapter 4, the unnamed narrator has her third encounter with the Memory Police within what length of time?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 1 day.

12. 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.

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

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

15. The conversation between the unnamed narrator and the old man in Chapter 7 takes place on what type of vehicle?
(a) A boat.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A pedicab.
(d) A train.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is revealed in Chapter 5 that the unnamed narrator's mother had received a letter from the Memory Police how many years back?

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

3. The narrator tells R in Chapter 10 that which character will meet him on Wednesday at 8 a.m. at Central Station?

4. The unnamed narrator states that "it has been" how many "years since [the Memory Police] first appeared" (20)?

5. What is NOT a business housed within the strip mall raided by the Memory Police in Chapter 4?

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