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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does the unnamed narrator drop while reacting to the young prisoner's fall onto the concrete?
(a) Her keys.
(b) The envelope containing her manuscript.
(c) Her cup of coffee.
(d) Her wallet.

2. When the Memory Police arrive unannounced at the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 2, what action does she ask them to take, though she is ignored?
(a) She asks them to join her for breakfast.
(b) She asks them to take off their boots.
(c) She asks them to put away their guns.
(d) She asks them to wipe their feet.

3. The unnamed narrator recalls that the disappeared objects in her palm had felt "like little" (5) what?
(a) Reminders.
(b) Animals.
(c) Charms.
(d) Talismans.

4. The unnamed narrator remarks that her newest novel is about a woman who works as a what?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A typist.

5. What is NOT a business housed within the strip mall raided by the Memory Police in Chapter 4?
(a) A karate studio.
(b) A dentist's office.
(c) An insurance company.
(d) A dance studio.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 1, the unnamed narrator recalls asking her mother, "Why are you the only one who hasn't" (7) taken what action?

2. The unnamed narrator's mother and father had liked to meet at what location during their courtship?

3. What meal do the unnamed narrator and the old man share together in Chapter 5?

4. How many black garbage bags full of the unnamed narrator's late father's belongings do the five Memory Police officers seize after their hour-long search?

5. It is revealed in Chapter 5 that the unnamed narrator's mother had received a letter from the Memory Police how many years back?

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