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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator anxiously waits for R on the appointed Wednesday, knowing that it generally takes how many minutes to walk from the station to her house?
(a) 10.
(b) 60.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

2. The conversation between the unnamed narrator and the old man in Chapter 7 takes place on what type of vehicle?
(a) A pedicab.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A boat.
(d) A train.

3. 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?
(a) The bookcase.
(b) The cabinet.
(c) The Murphy bed.
(d) The desk.

4. 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) Mountain-climbing gear was disappeared long ago.
(c) The tops of the mountains are always surrounded with mist.
(d) All maps of the island were disappeared long ago.

5. When the unnamed narrator used to take a particular meal to her father's observatory as an excuse to spend time with him there, what meal did she always bring?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Midnight snack.
(d) Lunch.

6. The unnamed narrator's home on the island is very close to what sort of body of water?
(a) A bog.
(b) A river.
(c) A lake.
(d) A bay.

7. By what letter of the alphabet does the unnamed narrator refer to her literary editor?
(a) L.
(b) Q.
(c) R.
(d) P.

8. How many objects are still within the drawers of the cabinet when R asks about them in Chapter 8?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

9. Who originally comes up with the idea for R to hide from the Memory Police in the unnamed narrator's home?
(a) R.
(b) The old man.
(c) The unnamed narrator.
(d) Professor Inui.

10. 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 stool.
(c) A hassock.
(d) A swing.

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

12. What statement does the unnamed narrator make about the process of writing her new novel in Chapter 6?
(a) It is surprising her at every turn.
(b) It no longer interests her.
(c) It is impossible.
(d) It is not going very well.

13. R comes over to the unnamed narrator's house in Chapter 8 for what reason?
(a) To review her latest novel pages.
(b) To borrow a cup of sugar.
(c) To warn her.
(d) To ask for asylum.

14. The old man tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 7 that he has lived on the island how much longer than she has?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 4 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 2 times.

15. R asks to see which room of the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 8?
(a) The attic.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The basement.
(d) The laundry room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is NOT the subject of one of the novelist narrator's three books that she has published thus far?

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

3. What knitted object does the unnamed narrator give to the old man in Chapter 5?

4. The narrator tells R in Chapter 10 that which character will meet him on Wednesday at 8 a.m. at Central Station?

5. The unnamed narrator recalls her mother telling her that which type of stone had been inherited from the narrator's great-grandmother?

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