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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The old man attempts to reassure the unnamed narrator by telling her in Chapter 7, "Those Memory Police are only after people who aren't able to" (54) take which action?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Remember.
(c) Forget.
(d) Obey.

2. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 6, "It's always sad when a" what "disappears" (44)?
(a) Flower.
(b) Article of clothing.
(c) Food.
(d) Pet.

3. 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) Forgotten anything.
(c) Thrown anything away.
(d) Lost anything.

4. The unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?
(a) The sun room.
(b) The attic.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The basement.

5. A crowd gathers on the banks of what body of water in Chapter 6 to watch the latest objects disappear?
(a) The bog.
(b) The bay.
(c) The river.
(d) The lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator bring Chapter 7 to a close?

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 narrator is perplexed by her new editor's question about what topic, since R had never posed the question to her?

4. How many days does it take for the body of water used for disappearing to return to normal?

5. 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)?

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