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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what location are the narrator and the old man when the first natural disaster strikes in Chapter 21?
(a) In the library.
(b) In R's hidden room.
(c) Sitting on the hill.
(d) On the boat.

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

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

4. 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) Pray.
(b) Believe.
(c) Hope.
(d) Run.

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

6. The narrator burns the latest disappeared objects in an incinerator in what location in Chapter 15?
(a) The alley.
(b) Her balcony.
(c) Her garden.
(d) The street.

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

8. 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?
(a) She screams.
(b) She covers her mouth.
(c) She crouches down.
(d) She grabs the old man's arm.

9. 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.

10. Which character claims that an experience with a music box alerted them to their disappearance immunity?
(a) The ex-milliner.
(b) The old man.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) R.

11. 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) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

12. 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) Money and food.
(b) Soap and a towel.
(c) Clothing and food.
(d) Tea and spices.

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

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

15. When the narrator is no longer able to write novels, what does she type out over and over again?
(a) Profanities.
(b) Vowels.
(c) Consonants.
(d) Prayers.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The sight of what objects convinces the narrator in Chapter 22 that the Inui family has been captured by the Memory Police?

3. The music box featured in Chapter 16 has "four small legs resembling" what type of animal's "paws" (143)?

4. What object catches the narrator's eye in Chapter 17 and causes her anxiety to grow during the search of her home?

5. How does the narrator explain the presence of a pile of dirty dishes in her sink in Chapter 17?

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