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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. What is the first natural disaster to happen in Chapter 21?
(a) A flood.
(b) A tornado.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A tsunami.
2. The old man is trapped in Chapter 21, but he tells the narrator to run because of what reason?
(a) She is young and brilliant.
(b) There is a tsunami on the way.
(c) He is sure to die anyway.
(d) He is in a lot of pain.
3. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 12 almost immediately after all photographs are disappeared?
(a) Vegetables of all sorts.
(b) Animals of all sorts.
(c) Fruit of all sorts.
(d) Insects of all sorts.
4. How many officers appear on either side of the narrator in Chapter 13 and hurry her into the elevator before guiding her "through a maze of corridors and into a room at the heart of the building" (103)?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.
5. It is revealed in Chapter 13 that the narrator keeps her end of the communication device behind what object in her desk?
(a) A clock.
(b) A dictionary.
(c) A safe.
(d) A calendar.
Short Answer Questions
1. The old man reports to the narrator in Chapter 14 that the Memory Police had interrogated him about what subject?
2. What object seems to the narrator in Chapter 18 to be her "only ticket" for "admittance to the hidden room below [her]" (170)?
3. The narrator states that the disappearances "slowed down" (94) for a while after which objects were disappeared?
4. Chapter 15 begins with an excerpt from the narrator's novel about a protagonist with what job?
5. In Chapter 18, the narrator uses which of her five senses to put R under surveillance?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way is the theme of altruism demonstrated in Chapter 21 when an earthquake rocks the island?
2. For what reason does the narrator get particularly nervous when the Memory Police are searching her writing desk?
3. What new job does the narrator take in Chapter 20 and why?
4. What alarming event happens to the old man in Chapter 13?
5. What sorts of jobs does R begin to complete on the narrator's behalf in Chapter 12 and why?
6. How does the narrator acquire the dog named Don in Chapter 19 and what is the significance of her acquisition?
7. In Chapter 14, the old man reports to the narrator that the Memory Police had been interested in what subject?
8. How does the theme of courage arise within Chapter 13 of The Memory Police?
9. In what way does the theme of surveillance appear within Chapter 18, in relation to the bond between R and the narrator?
10. What objects in the narrator's sink nearly result in disaster when the Memory Police see them in Chapter 17?
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