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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what location do the old man and the narrator stand with their hands behind their heads during the search of the narrator's home?
(a) On the front porch.
(b) In the hallway.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the kitchen.

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

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) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

6. What is NOT one of the foods to which the narrator has access in her new job?
(a) Milk.
(b) Corned beef.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Cheese.

7. Which character suggests that the rest of the narrator's mother's sculptures are likely hidden at the old cabin?
(a) The ex-milliner's wife.
(b) The old man.
(c) The narrator.
(d) R.

8. What objects take up "every available space" (102) in the headquarters of the Memory Police?
(a) Mirrors.
(b) Guns.
(c) Pennants.
(d) Knives.

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

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

11. 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.

12. What object catches the narrator's eye in Chapter 17 and causes her anxiety to grow during the search of her home?
(a) The rug.
(b) The novel.
(c) The notepad.
(d) The refrigerator.

13. What is the only sound that can be heard within the headquarters of the Memory Police, according to the narrator?
(a) The rainfall on the roof.
(b) Music.
(c) Screaming.
(d) The ringing of heels against the hard floor.

14. 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)?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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. The old man is trapped in Chapter 21, but he tells the narrator to run because of what reason?

2. What word is used to describe the sound made by a particular object at the end of Chapter 16?

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

4. What rare request does R make of the narrator in Chapter 12?

5. The old man reports to the narrator in Chapter 14 that the Memory Police had interrogated him about what subject?

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