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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states that the disappearances "slowed down" (94) for a while after which objects were disappeared?
(a) Roses.
(b) Hats.
(c) Ferries.
(d) Birds.

2. What is NOT an item sent by the ex-milliner and his wife to the narrator in Chapter 19 to thank her for her hospitality?
(a) A pepper grinder.
(b) A sack of flour.
(c) A can of sardines.
(d) An umbrella.

3. What is the only sound that can be heard within the headquarters of the Memory Police, according to the narrator?
(a) The rainfall on the roof.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Music.
(d) The ringing of heels against the hard floor.

4. The sound of what object interrupts the birthday celebration in progress at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The air raid siren.
(b) The wind.
(c) The doorbell.
(d) The radio.

5. The old man reports to the narrator in Chapter 14 that the Memory Police had interrogated him about what subject?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Theft.
(c) Birds.
(d) Smuggling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 12 almost immediately after all photographs are disappeared?

2. Who originally comes up with the idea for R to hide from the Memory Police in the unnamed narrator's home?

3. 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?

4. In the opening line of Chapter 5, the unnamed narrator states that which season passes "quickly" (27)?

5. How many officers appear on either side of the narrator in Chapter 13 and hurry her into the elevator before guiding her "through a maze of corridors and into a room at the heart of the building" (103)?

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