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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 gets a new job in Chapter 20 with a company that produces what?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Handkerchiefs.
(c) Spices.
(d) Pumpkins.

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

3. 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) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. 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 summons.
(c) A bill.
(d) A citation.

5. Chapter 18 begins with an excerpt of the narrator's novel about which protagonist?
(a) The ballerina.
(b) The typist.
(c) The novelist.
(d) The chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after the natural disasters does the narrator spot the Inuis?

2. The old man reports to the narrator in Chapter 14 that the Memory Police had interrogated him about what subject?

3. When the narrator is no longer able to write novels, what does she type out over and over again?

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

5. Before the narrator visits the headquarters of the Memory Police in Chapter 13, she tells R, "I suppose all I can do is" (100) take what action?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What alarming event happens to the old man in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

7. What special event do R, the narrator, and the old man decide to celebrate in R's room in Chapter 16?

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

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

10. How does the theme of courage arise within Chapter 13 of The Memory Police?

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