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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 character's birthday is celebrated in Chapter 16?
2. The sight of what objects convinces the narrator in Chapter 22 that the Inui family has been captured by the Memory Police?
3. What word is used to describe the sound made by a particular object at the end of Chapter 16?
4. In Chapter 15, the narrator and the old man worry that the latest disappearance will put the island in a perpetual state of what?
5. In what location is a birthday party held in Chapter 16?
Short Essay Questions
1. What alarming event happens to the old man in Chapter 13?
2. In what way do the narrator and R become more intimate over the course of his period of hiding?
3. One morning in Chapter 15, the narrator wakes up to find that what objects have been disappeared?
4. For what reason does the narrator get particularly nervous when the Memory Police are searching her writing desk?
5. In what way does the theme of surveillance appear within Chapter 18, in relation to the bond between R and the narrator?
6. What special event do R, the narrator, and the old man decide to celebrate in R's room in Chapter 16?
7. Which of the novel's symbols is revisited again within Chapter 22, echoing its earlier appearance in Chapter 5?
8. How does the narrator acquire the dog named Don in Chapter 19 and what is the significance of her acquisition?
9. Which character does the narrator NOT consult about her decision to investigate the old man's disappearance and why?
10. In what way is the theme of altruism demonstrated in Chapter 21 when an earthquake rocks the island?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Would Ogawa’s novel The Memory Police be classified as a dystopian novel? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
What message does Ogawa send within the pages of The Memory Police concerning the link between oppression and brutality?
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