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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. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 6, "It's always sad when a" what "disappears" (44)?
(a) Pet.
(b) Food.
(c) Article of clothing.
(d) Flower.

2. The unnamed narrator recalls her mother telling her that which type of stone had been inherited from the narrator's great-grandmother?
(a) An opal.
(b) An amethyst.
(c) A sapphire.
(d) An emerald.

3. 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 grief over losing her parents.
(b) Her financial situation.
(c) Her progress on her newest novel.
(d) Her evasion of the Memory Police.

4. The old man attempts to reassure the unnamed narrator by telling her in Chapter 7, "Those Memory Police are only after people who aren't able to" (54) take which action?
(a) Obey.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Remember.
(d) Forget.

5. 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?
(a) She asks them to wipe their feet.
(b) She asks them to put away their guns.
(c) She asks them to join her for breakfast.
(d) She asks them to take off their boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator bring Chapter 7 to a close?

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

3. Near the end of Chapter 8, R detects the scent of what object within one of the empty drawers in the cabinet?

4. Professor Inui tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 5 that he and his family must move to what location in the morning?

5. The narrator's new editor tells the narrator that R had left an empty desk, except for her novel, when he suddenly took what action?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does the narrator visit R's office in Chapter 10?

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

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

4. What is named as "the first duty of the Memory Police" (14)?

5. In Chapter 7, what claim does the old man make about the Memory Police while trying to reassure the narrator of her safety?

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

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

8. What does the old man do with the page of the old ferry log on which he and the narrator have written their plans for hiding R?

9. What objects are disappeared within Chapter 6 and what is different about the disppearances in this chapter?

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

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