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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is revealed in Chapter 5 that the unnamed narrator's mother had received a letter from the Memory Police how many years back?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

2. The narrator tells R in Chapter 10 that which character will meet him on Wednesday at 8 a.m. at Central Station?
(a) The old man.
(b) Professor Inui's wife.
(c) The ex-milliner.
(d) Professor Inui.

3. When it snows on the island in Chapter 12, the narrator states that it has been at least how many years since snow has fallen there?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

4. How many other things about R does the unnamed narrator know in addition to that fact that he works as an editor?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

5. What is NOT a reason that "no one ever attempts to cross" (8) the mountains to the north?
(a) The mountainsides are rife with thorny trees and bushes.
(b) All maps of the island were disappeared long ago.
(c) Mountain-climbing gear was disappeared long ago.
(d) The tops of the mountains are always surrounded with mist.

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. Before the narrator visits the headquarters of the Memory Police in Chapter 13, she tells R, "I suppose all I can do is" (100) take what action?

3. 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?

4. The unnamed narrator recalls that whenever she sat on her father's lap in the observatory, she always restrained herself from asking him if he knew about the existence of the items in which piece of furniture?

5. From what location does the old man come to help the unnamed narrator prepare for the colder weather?

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