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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Nieces.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Uncles.

3. 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) Midnight snack.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Lunch.

4. 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) 13.
(b) 23.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

5. The unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?
(a) The attic.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The sun room.
(d) The basement.

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

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

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

9. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 6, "It's always sad when a" what "disappears" (44)?
(a) Food.
(b) Pet.
(c) Article of clothing.
(d) Flower.

10. How many days does it take for the body of water used for disappearing to return to normal?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 30.
(d) 12.

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

12. 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 year.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 1 week.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator bring Chapter 7 to a close?

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

4. The unnamed narrator remarks that her newest novel is about a woman who works as a what?

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

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