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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. When the narrator is no longer able to write novels, what does she type out over and over again?
(a) Profanities.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Vowels.
(d) Consonants.

2. Who initiates the first kiss between the narrator and R at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) They never share a first kiss.
(b) The narrator.
(c) R.
(d) It is a mutual initiation.

3. In Chapter 15, the narrator and the old man worry that the latest disappearance will put the island in a perpetual state of what?
(a) Anger.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Regret.

4. What object catches the narrator's eye in Chapter 17 and causes her anxiety to grow during the search of her home?
(a) The notepad.
(b) The novel.
(c) The refrigerator.
(d) The rug.

5. When the couple next door is taken away by the Memory Police, what kind of pet do they leave behind?
(a) A cat.
(b) A fish.
(c) A snake.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many officers appear on either side of the narrator in Chapter 13 and hurry her into the elevator before guiding her "through a maze of corridors and into a room at the heart of the building" (103)?

2. In Chapter 18, the narrator uses which of her five senses to put R under surveillance?

3. 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?

4. Which character eats and smiles less frequently after the search of the narrator's home by the Memory Police?

5. When the old man moves to a new location in Chapter 22, where does he go?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way do the narrator and R become more intimate over the course of his period of hiding?

2. In what way is the motif of sound used to inspire feelings of horror and suspense in the reader at the end of Chapter 16?

3. One morning in Chapter 15, the narrator wakes up to find that what objects have been disappeared?

4. How does the narrator acquire the dog named Don in Chapter 19 and what is the significance of her acquisition?

5. Who comes to stay with the narrator in Chapter 19 and why?

6. In what way does the theme of surveillance appear within Chapter 18, in relation to the bond between R and the narrator?

7. Which character does the narrator NOT consult about her decision to investigate the old man's disappearance and why?

8. To what object is the narrator referring when she states in Chapter 19, "Never had I seen anything burn as brightly" (183)?

9. What objects are covering "every available space" (101) within the old theater now used as the Memory Police headquarters?

10. For what reason does the narrator get particularly nervous when the Memory Police are searching her writing desk?

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