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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. Which character is taken by the Memory Police in Chapter 13?
(a) Professor Inui.
(b) R.
(c) The ex-milliner.
(d) The old man.

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

3. What objects take up "every available space" (102) in the headquarters of the Memory Police?
(a) Knives.
(b) Pennants.
(c) Mirrors.
(d) Guns.

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

5. 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?
(a) On the front porch.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the hallway.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two items does the narrator try to leave for the old man when she visits the headquarters of the Memory Police in Chapter 13?

3. What action do R, the narrator, and the old man take "for a long time" (204) once they are reunited in R's hidden room at the end of Chapter 21?

4. Chapter 15 begins with an excerpt from the narrator's novel about a protagonist with what job?

5. What kind of old building "had been renovated to serve as the Memory Police headquarters" (101)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What rare event occurs on the island in Chapter 12 and what plotline develops from it?

7. What illogical conclusion does the narrator come to about R after their first sexual encounter, though she knows quite well how illogical it is?

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

9. Which character does the narrator NOT consult about her decision to investigate the old man's disappearance 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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