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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what location does the old man come to help the unnamed narrator prepare for the colder weather?
(a) A boat.
(b) A museum.
(c) A train car.
(d) A train.

2. When the unnamed narrator hears tapping on the glass and finds Professor Inui and his family outside her home, the unnamed narrator recalls that the boy is how many years old?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

3. When the raid on the strip mall begins, the unnamed narrator hides behind what object while she clutches the envelope that holds her latest manuscript?
(a) A car.
(b) A lamp pole.
(c) A mailbox.
(d) A taxi stand.

4. On what sort of seat did the unnamed narrator used to sit as a child in her mother's studio?
(a) A bench.
(b) A hassock.
(c) A stool.
(d) A swing.

5. 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?
(a) Called the Memory Police.
(b) Thrown anything away.
(c) Forgotten anything.
(d) Lost anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. Professor Inui tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 5 that he and his family must move to what location in the morning?

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

3. The unnamed narrator's home on the island is very close to what sort of body of water?

4. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 2 that she believes that she has a group of which family members "living in a village near the source of the far side of the mountains" (8)?

5. What kind of scientist was the unnamed narrator's father prior to his death?

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