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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which objects are disappeared from the island in Chapter 6?
2. At what type of abandoned school is the wooden box where R's wife and the old man exchange messages for R on days that end in zeros?
3. R asks to see which room of the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 8?
4. The unnamed narrator recalls that whenever she sat on her father's lap in the observatory, she always restrained herself from asking him if he knew about the existence of the items in which piece of furniture?
5. The narrator tells R in Chapter 11, "I suspect the only reason I've been able to go on writing is that I've had your" what "by my side all along" (82)?
Short Essay Questions
1. At what sight do the narrator and the old man gaze during their discussion of the Memory Police in Chapter 7?
2. In Chapter 7, what claim does the old man make about the Memory Police while trying to reassure the narrator of her safety?
3. For what reason does the narrator visit R's office in Chapter 10?
4. What does the pair of light blue gloves symbolize, from the narrator's perspective?
5. Explain the first line of the novel, which states, "I sometimes wonder what was disappeared first---among all the things that have vanished from the island" (3).
6. How is the raid witnessed by the narrator in Chapter 4 different than all previous raids, according to the narrator?
7. What information is revealed in Chapter 5 about the narrator's mother and her interactions with the Memory Police?
8. For what reason do the Memory Police visit the unnamed narrator in Chapter 2?
9. When the narrator makes her usual stop at the ornithology observatory in Chapter 3, what does she find there?
10. Discuss an instance when Ogawa uses a metaphor or simile to demonstrate the desolation that begins to characterize the island after many disappearances.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for The Memory Police.
Essay Topic 2
How does Ogawa’s use of the first person point of view serve the purposes of the text? Discuss how Ogawa’s choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.
Essay Topic 3
Would Ogawa’s novel The Memory Police be classified as a dystopian novel? Why or why not?
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