View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who begs the narrator not to burn the photograph of her mother she keeps on the mantelpiece?
(a) The ex-milliner.
(b) Professor Inui.
(c) The old man.
(d) R.

2. How often does the narrator down supplies to R so that he may bathe?
(a) Every three days.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every day.
(d) Every other day.

3. The music box featured in Chapter 16 has "four small legs resembling" what type of animal's "paws" (143)?
(a) A dog.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A cat.
(d) A lion.

4. How many of the Memory Police's "dark green trucks with canvas covers in back" (20) are present at the raid in Chapter 4?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 3.
(d) 23.

5. How many times does the narrator repeat the old man's name before the officer at the desk says, "I'm afraid he's not here" (102)?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, the Memory Police are said to be "appearing more often in the streets" (64) riding in trucks painted what color?

2. In what location does the narrator tell R that she has found a hiding place for him?

3. How many years before the narrative present did the unnamed narrator's nurse die of a heart attack, as revealed in Chapter 2?

4. The narrator tells R in Chapter 11, "I suspect the only reason I've been able to go on writing is that I've had your" what "by my side all along" (82)?

5. What word is used to describe the sound made by a particular object at the end of Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 252 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample