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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. Over time, the narrator finds that to keep R at his best, "the morning agenda" needs "to be as" what "as possible" (93)?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Long.
(c) Brief.
(d) Vague.

2. Which character gives a music box as a birthday gift in Chapter 16?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The ex-milliner.
(c) The old man.
(d) R.

3. What word is used to describe the sound made by a particular object at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Shrill.
(b) Soft.
(c) Loud.
(d) Resonant.

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

5. What kind of old building "had been renovated to serve as the Memory Police headquarters" (101)?
(a) A train station.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A theater.
(d) A bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rare request does R make of the narrator in Chapter 12?

2. The narrator states that the disappearances "slowed down" (94) for a while after which objects were disappeared?

3. Which character claims that an experience with a music box alerted them to their disappearance immunity?

4. What is the first natural disaster to happen in Chapter 21?

5. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 12 almost immediately after all photographs are disappeared?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What new job does the narrator take in Chapter 20 and why?

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

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

7. Which of the novel's symbols is revisited again within Chapter 22, echoing its earlier appearance in Chapter 5?

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

9. What sorts of jobs does R begin to complete on the narrator's behalf in Chapter 12 and why?

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

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