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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. It is revealed in Chapter 5 that the unnamed narrator's mother had received a letter from the Memory Police how many years back?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

2. 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?
(a) Disappeared.
(b) Quit.
(c) Got fired.
(d) Moved away.

3. What kind of scientist was the unnamed narrator's father prior to his death?
(a) A geologist.
(b) An ornithologist.
(c) An entomologist.
(d) An astronomer.

4. The narrator anxiously waits for R on the appointed Wednesday, knowing that it generally takes how many minutes to walk from the station to her house?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 60.

5. How many objects are still within the drawers of the cabinet when R asks about them in Chapter 8?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the unnamed narrator used to take a particular meal to her father's observatory as an excuse to spend time with him there, what meal did she always bring?

3. Once R and the narrator fall into a predictable daily routine, what is the only time she lingers in R's room to chat?

4. 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?

5. What statement does the unnamed narrator make about the process of writing her new novel in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of the cabinet the unnamed narrator describes in relation to her mother in Chapter 1?

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

3. Once R agrees to accept the narrator's offer to hide him, what instructions does she give him?

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

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

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

8. Discuss an instance when Ogawa uses a metaphor or simile to describe R's ability to hold onto memories of disappeared objects.

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

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

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