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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. The unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?
2. On the day the narrator tells R that she has found a place for him to hide, he tells her that his wife is due to give birth in how many months?
3. The narrator tells R in Chapter 10 that which character will meet him on Wednesday at 8 a.m. at Central Station?
4. When the unnamed narrator used to take a particular meal to her father's observatory as an excuse to spend time with him there, what meal did she always bring?
5. How often does the narrator down supplies to R so that he may bathe?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the raid witnessed by the narrator in Chapter 4 different than all previous raids, according to the narrator?
2. What does the pair of light blue gloves symbolize, from the narrator's perspective?
3. What type of routine do the narrator and R fall into once R gets settled in his room in Chapter 11?
4. In Chapter 7, what claim does the old man make about the Memory Police while trying to reassure the narrator of her safety?
5. What does the old man do with the page of the old ferry log on which he and the narrator have written their plans for hiding R?
6. Discuss an instance when Ogawa uses a metaphor or simile to demonstrate the desolation that begins to characterize the island after many disappearances.
7. Who raps on the narrator's basement window in Chapter 4 and for what purpose?
8. What objects are disappeared within Chapter 6 and what is different about the disppearances in this chapter?
9. What do the black garbage bags symbolize in Chapter 2?
10. Once R agrees to accept the narrator's offer to hide him, what instructions does she give him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Ogawa's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different time periods in a particular way within the text of The Memory Police.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of The Memory Police.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the ways in which the themes of eccentricity and conformity appear within Ogawa’s novel The Memory Police. What message is Ogawa sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
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