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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does the narrator down supplies to R so that he may bathe?
(a) Every day.
(b) Every three days.
(c) Every other day.
(d) Once a week.

2. From what location does the old man come to help the unnamed narrator prepare for the colder weather?
(a) A train car.
(b) A museum.
(c) A train.
(d) A boat.

3. Who originally comes up with the idea for R to hide from the Memory Police in the unnamed narrator's home?
(a) The old man.
(b) Professor Inui.
(c) The unnamed narrator.
(d) R.

4. The unnamed narrator observes in Chapter 6 that her literary editor R is asking about what element of her life whenever he asks how she is doing?
(a) Her financial situation.
(b) Her evasion of the Memory Police.
(c) Her grief over losing her parents.
(d) Her progress on her newest novel.

5. Which objects are disappeared from the island in Chapter 6?
(a) Roses.
(b) Vases.
(c) Hats.
(d) Paper clips.

Short Answer Questions

1. When R hears the unnamed narrator's description of the one object she remembers her mother showing to her, R identifies it as which stone?

2. When the Memory Police arrive unannounced at the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 2, what action does she ask them to take, though she is ignored?

3. A crowd gathers on the banks of what body of water in Chapter 6 to watch the latest objects disappear?

4. What is NOT a reason that "no one ever attempts to cross" (8) the mountains to the north?

5. The unnamed narrator's favorite story of her mother's was the one about what object?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrator makes her usual stop at the ornithology observatory in Chapter 3, what does she find there?

2. What information is revealed in Chapter 5 about the narrator's mother and her interactions with the Memory Police?

3. What type of document is presented within the text for the first, but not the last, time in Chapter 6?

4. For what reason does R at first reject the narrator's offer of help in Chapter 10?

5. What particular aspect of the birds' disappearance bothers the narrator the most?

6. Discuss an instance when Ogawa uses a metaphor or simile to demonstrate the desolation that begins to characterize the island after many disappearances.

7. What type of routine do the narrator and R fall into once R gets settled in his room in Chapter 11?

8. For what reason do the Memory Police visit the unnamed narrator in Chapter 2?

9. What type of artist was the unnamed narrator's mother and why is this detail significant?

10. At what sight do the narrator and the old man gaze during their discussion of the Memory Police in Chapter 7?

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