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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. The narrator begins to regret her trip to the Memory Police's headquarters when they present her with what object?
(a) A questionnaire.
(b) A citation.
(c) A summons.
(d) A bill.

2. The narrator's neighbors who are a couple in their thirties have what kind of pet?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A hamster.
(d) A fish.

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

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

5. How many times does the narrator repeat the old man's name before the officer at the desk says, "I'm afraid he's not here" (102)?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the sound made by a particular object at the end of Chapter 16?

2. What action does the narrator say that "R always" takes "now" (191) in Chapter 20?

3. What object seems to the narrator in Chapter 18 to be her "only ticket" for "admittance to the hidden room below [her]" (170)?

4. The music box featured in Chapter 16 has "four small legs resembling" what type of animal's "paws" (143)?

5. What object catches the narrator's eye in Chapter 17 and causes her anxiety to grow during the search of her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 14, the old man reports to the narrator that the Memory Police had been interested in what subject?

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

8. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 19 and in what way does the disappearance personally affect the narrator?

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

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

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