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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does the narrator say that "R always" takes "now" (191) in Chapter 20?
(a) He admonishes her.
(b) He lies to her.
(c) He shakes her hand.
(d) He takes her in his arms.

2. In Chapter 18, the narrator uses which of her five senses to put R under surveillance?
(a) Her sense of smell.
(b) Her hearing.
(c) Her sight.
(d) Her touch.

3. The narrator calls her adopted dog Don because the name had been written on which item?
(a) His bowl.
(b) His doghouse.
(c) The adoption papers.
(d) His tags.

4. It is revealed in Chapter 13 that the narrator keeps her end of the communication device behind what object in her desk?
(a) A safe.
(b) A dictionary.
(c) A clock.
(d) A calendar.

5. The sound of what object interrupts the birthday celebration in progress at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The radio.
(b) The air raid siren.
(c) The doorbell.
(d) The wind.

6. For what reason do the ex-milliner and his wife ask to stay overnight in the narrator's home?
(a) Their house is being painted.
(b) Their house is being fumigated.
(c) Their house is haunted.
(d) They need a change of scenery.

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

8. Before the narrator visits the headquarters of the Memory Police in Chapter 13, she tells R, "I suppose all I can do is" (100) take what action?
(a) Run.
(b) Believe.
(c) Pray.
(d) Hope.

9. In what location is a birthday party held in Chapter 16?
(a) R's hidden room.
(b) The riverbank.
(c) The narrator's dining room.
(d) The narrator's basement.

10. What two items does the narrator try to leave for the old man when she visits the headquarters of the Memory Police in Chapter 13?
(a) Clothing and food.
(b) Tea and spices.
(c) Money and food.
(d) Soap and a towel.

11. The narrator states that the disappearances "slowed down" (94) for a while after which objects were disappeared?
(a) Ferries.
(b) Roses.
(c) Birds.
(d) Hats.

12. In Chapter 15, the narrator and the old man worry that the latest disappearance will put the island in a perpetual state of what?
(a) Winter.
(b) Regret.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Anger.

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

14. 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) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

15. How many days after the natural disasters does the narrator spot the Inuis?
(a) 21.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only sound that can be heard within the headquarters of the Memory Police, according to the narrator?

2. When it snows on the island in Chapter 12, the narrator states that it has been at least how many years since snow has fallen there?

3. What rare weather occurs in Chapter 21?

4. What kind of old building "had been renovated to serve as the Memory Police headquarters" (101)?

5. What does the narrator do with all of her photographs in Chapter 13?

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