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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Professor Inui tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 5 that he and his family must move to what location in the morning?
(a) The Memory Police barracks.
(b) The medical faculty office.
(c) The genetic analysis center.
(d) The internment camp.

2. The narrator is perplexed by her new editor's question about what topic, since R had never posed the question to her?
(a) When her next novel will be finished.
(b) What she would like to get paid.
(c) Whether she has ever been in love.
(d) Her ideas for her next novel.

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

4. In the opening line of Chapter 5, the unnamed narrator states that which season passes "quickly" (27)?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

5. When the raid on the strip mall begins, the unnamed narrator hides behind what object while she clutches the envelope that holds her latest manuscript?
(a) A car.
(b) A taxi stand.
(c) A mailbox.
(d) A lamp pole.

6. On what sort of seat did the unnamed narrator used to sit as a child in her mother's studio?
(a) A hassock.
(b) A stool.
(c) A swing.
(d) A bench.

7. The narrator's new editor tells the narrator that R had left an empty desk, except for her novel, when he suddenly took what action?
(a) Quit.
(b) Moved away.
(c) Disappeared.
(d) Got fired.

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

9. What object does the unnamed narrator drop while reacting to the young prisoner's fall onto the concrete?
(a) Her keys.
(b) The envelope containing her manuscript.
(c) Her cup of coffee.
(d) Her wallet.

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

11. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator bring Chapter 7 to a close?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Afternoon.

12. It is rumored that the Memory Police have recruited all people with what job to be informants for them?
(a) Plumber.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Bricklayer.
(d) Electrician.

13. R tells the unnamed narrator at the end of Chapter 8 that he has not taken what action?
(a) Forgotten anything.
(b) Forgotten his vow of revenge.
(c) Forgotten his mother.
(d) Forgotten his promise.

14. From what location does the old man come to help the unnamed narrator prepare for the colder weather?
(a) A museum.
(b) A boat.
(c) A train.
(d) A train car.

15. The old man declares that what weather had been helpful in getting R smuggled into the narrator's home?
(a) Rain.
(b) Wind.
(c) Sun.
(d) Snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator's favorite story of her mother's was the one about what object?

2. Near the end of Chapter 8, R detects the scent of what object within one of the empty drawers in the cabinet?

3. Which season is said to have "deepened" (64) on the island by the time Chapter 9 begins?

4. In Chapter 9, the Memory Police are said to be "appearing more often in the streets" (64) riding in trucks painted what color?

5. The narrator tells R in Chapter 11, "I suspect the only reason I've been able to go on writing is that I've had your" what "by my side all along" (82)?

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