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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. What is NOT one of the foods to which the narrator has access in her new job?

2. The narrator calls her adopted dog Don because the name had been written on which item?

3. How many days after the natural disasters does the narrator spot the Inuis?

4. On whose behalf does the narrator go out walking at the start of Chapter 22?

5. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 12 almost immediately after all photographs are disappeared?

Short Essay Questions

1. What alarming event happens to the old man in Chapter 13?

2. To what object is the narrator referring when she states in Chapter 19, "Never had I seen anything burn as brightly" (183)?

3. How does the narrator acquire the dog named Don in Chapter 19 and what is the significance of her acquisition?

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

5. What sorts of jobs does R begin to complete on the narrator's behalf in Chapter 12 and why?

6. Which character does the narrator NOT consult about her decision to investigate the old man's disappearance and why?

7. In what way does the theme of surveillance appear within Chapter 18, in relation to the bond between R and the narrator?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical essay about The Memory Police while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

What message does Ogawa send within the pages of The Memory Police concerning the link between oppression and brutality?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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