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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many Memory Police officers arrive to search the narrator's home in Chapter 17?
(a) 3 or 4.
(b) 8 or 9.
(c) 5 or 6.
(d) 10 or 12.

6. Chapter 12 begins with what type of feature?
(a) An arrest warrant.
(b) A story about the old man.
(c) An excerpt from the narrator's newest novel.
(d) An excerpt from the narrator's mother's diary.

7. The old man reports to the narrator in Chapter 14 that the Memory Police had interrogated him about what subject?
(a) Smuggling.
(b) Birds.
(c) Theft.
(d) Fruit.

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

9. How does the narrator explain the presence of a pile of dirty dishes in her sink in Chapter 17?
(a) She says that she freezes meals.
(b) She says that all of her guests had just left.
(c) She says that she had been feeling lazy.
(d) She says that she had run out of dish soap.

10. 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 diamond.
(b) The hairbrush.
(c) The novel.
(d) The umbrella.

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

12. Chapter 18 begins with an excerpt of the narrator's novel about which protagonist?
(a) The novelist.
(b) The typist.
(c) The ballerina.
(d) The chef.

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

14. 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) In the attic.
(b) In the hallway.
(c) On the front porch.
(d) In the kitchen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On whose behalf does the narrator go out walking at the start of Chapter 22?

2. What word related to the narrator's latest novel does she utter over and over to herself in Chapter 20?

3. 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?

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

5. Which character is taken by the Memory Police in Chapter 13?

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