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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. When the narrator is no longer able to write novels, what does she type out over and over again?
2. Which character first notices that there are disappeared objects inside sculptures created by the narrator's mother?
3. What color patches does the narrator's adopted dog have on his coat?
4. What kind of old building "had been renovated to serve as the Memory Police headquarters" (101)?
5. The old man is trapped in Chapter 21, but he tells the narrator to run because of what reason?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 19 and in what way does the disappearance personally affect the narrator?
2. What sorts of jobs does R begin to complete on the narrator's behalf in Chapter 12 and why?
3. What gift does R bestow upon the old man in Chapter 16 and what hopes does R have for the present?
4. What object does R beg the narrator not to burn in Chapter 12 and what is her reaction?
5. One morning in Chapter 15, the narrator wakes up to find that what objects have been disappeared?
6. Who comes to stay with the narrator in Chapter 19 and why?
7. What new job does the narrator take in Chapter 20 and why?
8. What special event do R, the narrator, and the old man decide to celebrate in R's room in Chapter 16?
9. 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?
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
How is the topic of surveillance treated within The Memory Police and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Trace the characterization arc of the unnamed narrator over the course of the novel The Memory Police. Discuss whether the unnamed narrator is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.
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