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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 narrator tells R in Chapter 10 that which character will meet him on Wednesday at 8 a.m. at Central Station?
2. Who originally comes up with the idea for R to hide from the Memory Police in the unnamed narrator's home?
3. When the unnamed narrator hears tapping on the glass and finds Professor Inui and his family outside her home, the unnamed narrator recalls that the boy is how many years old?
4. The remodeling of R's future home within the unnamed narrator's house takes how many days for the old man to finish?
5. The unnamed narrator's mother and father had liked to meet at what location during their courtship?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of document is presented within the text for the first, but not the last, time in Chapter 6?
2. What is named as "the first duty of the Memory Police" (14)?
3. In Chapter 7, what claim does the old man make about the Memory Police while trying to reassure the narrator of her safety?
4. Who raps on the narrator's basement window in Chapter 4 and for what purpose?
5. At what sight do the narrator and the old man gaze during their discussion of the Memory Police in Chapter 7?
6. What information is revealed in Chapter 5 about the narrator's mother and her interactions with the Memory Police?
7. For what reason does the narrator visit R's office in Chapter 10?
8. Once R agrees to accept the narrator's offer to hide him, what instructions does she give him?
9. What type of artist was the unnamed narrator's mother and why is this detail significant?
10. Discuss an instance when Ogawa uses a metaphor or simile to describe R's ability to hold onto memories of disappeared objects.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Perform a biographical criticism of The Memory Police by researching Ogawa's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Ogawa.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Ogawa's novel from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
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