View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many years before the narrative present did the unnamed narrator's nurse die of a heart attack, as revealed in Chapter 2?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

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

6. 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 dinner tray.
(b) When she brings him a bucket of water for bathing.
(c) When she collects his lunch tray.
(d) When she collects his breakfast tray.

7. The unnamed narrator recalls her mother telling her that which type of stone had been inherited from the narrator's great-grandmother?
(a) An amethyst.
(b) An opal.
(c) An emerald.
(d) A sapphire.

8. 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) Moved away.
(b) Quit.
(c) Got fired.
(d) Disappeared.

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

10. 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) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 3.
(d) 20.

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

12. How often does the narrator down supplies to R so that he may bathe?
(a) Every other day.
(b) Every three days.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Every day.

13. What is NOT a business housed within the strip mall raided by the Memory Police in Chapter 4?
(a) An insurance company.
(b) A dentist's office.
(c) A karate studio.
(d) A dance studio.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Near the end of Chapter 8, R detects the scent of what object within one of the empty drawers in the cabinet?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 576 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample