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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. In what location are the narrator and the old man when the first natural disaster strikes in Chapter 21?
(a) In the library.
(b) Sitting on the hill.
(c) On the boat.
(d) In R's hidden room.

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

3. What position does the narrator take within the company when she gets a new job in Chapter 20?
(a) Teller.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Typist.

4. In what locations do the narrator and R sit during their meetings about the narrator's newest novel?
(a) R sits in the chair and the narrator sits on the bed.
(b) R sits on the bed and the narrator sits in the chair.
(c) They both sit on the bed.
(d) R sits on the bench and the narrator sits on the table.

5. Which character's birthday is celebrated in Chapter 16?
(a) R's.
(b) The old man's.
(c) The narrator's.
(d) Professor Inui's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 18 begins with an excerpt of the narrator's novel about which protagonist?

2. On whose behalf does the narrator go out walking at the start of Chapter 22?

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

4. The narrator calls her adopted dog Don because the name had been written on which item?

5. How many times is the trap door to R's room opened during the ex-milliner and his wife's stay?

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

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

4. What object does R beg the narrator not to burn in Chapter 12 and what is her reaction?

5. What objects in the narrator's sink nearly result in disaster when the Memory Police see them in Chapter 17?

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

7. What gift does R bestow upon the old man in Chapter 16 and what hopes does R have for the present?

8. 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?

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

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

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