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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character's birthday is celebrated in Chapter 16?
(a) The narrator's.
(b) Professor Inui's.
(c) The old man's.
(d) R's.

2. Over time, the narrator finds that to keep R at his best, "the morning agenda" needs "to be as" what "as possible" (93)?
(a) Brief.
(b) Vague.
(c) Long.
(d) Concrete.

3. Which season is said to have "deepened" (64) on the island by the time Chapter 9 begins?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

4. The narrator burns the latest disappeared objects in an incinerator in what location in Chapter 15?
(a) Her garden.
(b) Her balcony.
(c) The alley.
(d) The street.

5. What objects take up "every available space" (102) in the headquarters of the Memory Police?
(a) Pennants.
(b) Knives.
(c) Guns.
(d) Mirrors.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?

2. The unnamed narrator observes in Chapter 6 that her literary editor R is asking about what element of her life whenever he asks how she is doing?

3. What two items does the narrator try to leave for the old man when she visits the headquarters of the Memory Police in Chapter 13?

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

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