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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. In Chapter 18, the narrator uses which of her five senses to put R under surveillance?

2. The narrator burns the latest disappeared objects in an incinerator in what location in Chapter 15?

3. What objects are disappeared in Chapter 15?

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

5. The sound of what object interrupts the birthday celebration in progress at the end of Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 19 and in what way does the disappearance personally affect the narrator?

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

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

4. How does the theme of courage arise within Chapter 13 of The Memory Police?

5. Which of the novel's symbols is revisited again within Chapter 22, echoing its earlier appearance in Chapter 5?

6. 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?

7. What new job does the narrator take in Chapter 20 and why?

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

9. What rare event occurs on the island in Chapter 12 and what plotline develops from it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does Ogawa utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within The Memory Police and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.

Essay Topic 2

How does Ogawa use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.

Essay Topic 3

What is Ogawa’s message regarding the connection between language and thought and what tools are used within The Memory Police in order to get this message across to the reader?

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