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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word is used to describe the sound made by a particular object at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Shrill.
(b) Loud.
(c) Resonant.
(d) Soft.

2. Who initiates the first kiss between the narrator and R at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) They never share a first kiss.
(b) The narrator.
(c) R.
(d) It is a mutual initiation.

3. 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) Anger.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Regret.
(d) Winter.

4. Which character is taken by the Memory Police in Chapter 13?
(a) Professor Inui.
(b) R.
(c) The ex-milliner.
(d) The old man.

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

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

7. What kind of old building "had been renovated to serve as the Memory Police headquarters" (101)?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A theater.
(c) A bank.
(d) A train station.

8. What color patches does the narrator's adopted dog have on his coat?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Orange.

9. The music box featured in Chapter 16 has "four small legs resembling" what type of animal's "paws" (143)?
(a) A dog.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A lion.
(d) A cat.

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 hold hands and stare at one another.
(b) They pray.
(c) They cry.
(d) They hug.

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

12. 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) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

13. 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 voice.
(b) Her novel manuscript.
(c) Her kiss.
(d) Her body.

14. Which character gives a shaving kit as a birthday gift in Chapter 16?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The ex-milliner.
(c) The old man.
(d) R.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character gives a music box as a birthday gift in Chapter 16?

2. Which character asks the narrator about the old man's well-being in Chapter 15?

3. What is NOT a task the narrator gives to R in Chapter 12?

4. How many days after the natural disasters does the narrator spot the Inuis?

5. The narrator states that the disappearances "slowed down" (94) for a while after which objects were disappeared?

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