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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator gets a new job in Chapter 20 with a company that produces what?
(a) Handkerchiefs.
(b) Spices.
(c) Pumpkins.
(d) Perfume.

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

3. What object seems to the narrator in Chapter 18 to be her "only ticket" for "admittance to the hidden room below [her]" (170)?
(a) Her novel manuscript.
(b) Her voice.
(c) Her kiss.
(d) Her body.

4. Which character asks the narrator about the old man's well-being in Chapter 15?
(a) A Memory Police officer.
(b) R's wife.
(c) The ex-milliner.
(d) Professor Inui.

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

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 fumigated.
(b) They need a change of scenery.
(c) Their house is being painted.
(d) Their house is haunted.

7. 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) The ex-milliner.
(d) R.

8. 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) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

10. What action do R, the narrator, and the old man take "for a long time" (204) once they are reunited in R's hidden room at the end of Chapter 21?
(a) They pray.
(b) They cry.
(c) They hold hands and stare at one another.
(d) They hug.

11. What rare request does R make of the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) A photograph of his son.
(b) Some form of work to do.
(c) A visit from his wife.
(d) An apple.

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

13. Which character's birthday is celebrated in Chapter 16?
(a) R's.
(b) Professor Inui's.
(c) The narrator's.
(d) The old man's.

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

15. Which object's disappearance is named by the narrator to have been "the first time a disappearance seemed like a solemn ceremony" (192)?
(a) The umbrella.
(b) The hairbrush.
(c) The novel.
(d) The diamond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 12 almost immediately after all photographs are disappeared?

2. What action does the narrator "instinctively" (149) take at the start of Chapter 17, just after she has heard the doorbell ring at the end of Chapter 16?

3. What is NOT an item sent by the ex-milliner and his wife to the narrator in Chapter 19 to thank her for her hospitality?

4. The narrator begins to regret her trip to the Memory Police's headquarters when they present her with what object?

5. Who initiates the first kiss between the narrator and R at the end of Chapter 17?

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