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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 other day.
(b) Every three days.
(c) Every day.
(d) Once a week.

2. When the raid on the strip mall begins, the unnamed narrator hides behind what object while she clutches the envelope that holds her latest manuscript?
(a) A mailbox.
(b) A car.
(c) A lamp pole.
(d) A taxi stand.

3. R asks to see which room of the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 8?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The laundry room.
(c) The attic.
(d) The basement.

4. On what sort of seat did the unnamed narrator used to sit as a child in her mother's studio?
(a) A hassock.
(b) A stool.
(c) A bench.
(d) A swing.

5. In the opening line of Chapter 5, the unnamed narrator states that which season passes "quickly" (27)?
(a) Winter.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does it take for the body of water used for disappearing to return to normal?

2. Chapter 2 describes in detail the narrator's reaction to which creatures being disappeared from the island?

3. R comes over to the unnamed narrator's house in Chapter 8 for what reason?

4. On the day the narrator tells R that she has found a place for him to hide, he tells her that his wife is due to give birth in how many months?

5. When R sees his room, he murmurs that it is "like a" what "floating in the sky" (76)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the black garbage bags symbolize in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

6. How is the raid witnessed by the narrator in Chapter 4 different than all previous raids, according to the narrator?

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

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

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

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