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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator explain the presence of a pile of dirty dishes in her sink in Chapter 17?
(a) She says that she had run out of dish soap.
(b) She says that she freezes meals.
(c) She says that all of her guests had just left.
(d) She says that she had been feeling lazy.

2. Which character eats and smiles less frequently after the search of the narrator's home by the Memory Police?
(a) The ex-milliner.
(b) The narrator.
(c) R.
(d) The old man.

3. How many officers appear on either side of the narrator in Chapter 13 and hurry her into the elevator before guiding her "through a maze of corridors and into a room at the heart of the building" (103)?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. The narrator begins to regret her trip to the Memory Police's headquarters when they present her with what object?
(a) A bill.
(b) A citation.
(c) A questionnaire.
(d) A summons.

5. How many times is the trap door to R's room opened during the ex-milliner and his wife's stay?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

6. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 12 almost immediately after all photographs are disappeared?
(a) Vegetables of all sorts.
(b) Fruit of all sorts.
(c) Animals of all sorts.
(d) Insects of all sorts.

7. Which character first notices that there are disappeared objects inside sculptures created by the narrator's mother?
(a) The narrator.
(b) R.
(c) The old man.
(d) The ex-milliner.

8. Over time, the narrator finds that to keep R at his best, "the morning agenda" needs "to be as" what "as possible" (93)?
(a) Brief.
(b) Vague.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Long.

9. Chapter 18 begins with an excerpt of the narrator's novel about which protagonist?
(a) The chef.
(b) The typist.
(c) The novelist.
(d) The ballerina.

10. The narrator's neighbors who are a couple in their thirties have what kind of pet?
(a) A hamster.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A fish.

11. Chapter 15 begins with an excerpt from the narrator's novel about a protagonist with what job?
(a) Dentist.
(b) Bank teller.
(c) Typist.
(d) Doctor.

12. The music box featured in Chapter 16 is lined with what material?
(a) Muslin.
(b) Chiffon.
(c) Felt.
(d) Satin.

13. What objects are disappeared in Chapter 15?
(a) Clocks.
(b) Pianos.
(c) Calendars.
(d) Cars.

14. What position does the narrator take within the company when she gets a new job in Chapter 20?
(a) Typist.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Teller.

15. What word related to the narrator's latest novel does she utter over and over to herself in Chapter 20?
(a) Dancer.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Teller.
(d) Typist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, the narrator and the old man worry that the latest disappearance will put the island in a perpetual state of what?

2. How many times does the narrator repeat the old man's name before the officer at the desk says, "I'm afraid he's not here" (102)?

3. The narrator gets a new job in Chapter 20 with a company that produces what?

4. It is revealed in Chapter 13 that the narrator keeps her end of the communication device behind what object in her desk?

5. The narrator calls her adopted dog Don because the name had been written on which item?

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