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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

2. On the day the narrator tells R that she has found a place for him to hide, he tells her that his wife is due to give birth in how many months?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. 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)?
(a) Uncles.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Nieces.
(d) Cousins.

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

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

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

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

8. The unnamed narrator's mother and father had liked to meet at what location during their courtship?
(a) The museum.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The rose garden.
(d) The willow tree.

9. When R hears the unnamed narrator's description of the one object she remembers her mother showing to her, R identifies it as which stone?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Emerald.
(c) Sapphire.
(d) Diamond.

10. 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.

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

12. Where is the hatch located that serves as the only way to get into R's hiding place in the home of the unnamed narrator?
(a) In the floor of her late father's office.
(b) In the ceiling of the basement.
(c) In the floor of the basement.
(d) In the floor of the kitchen.

13. The unnamed narrator's favorite story of her mother's was the one about what object?
(a) A watch.
(b) A book.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A bottle of perfume.

14. What knitted object does the unnamed narrator give to the old man in Chapter 5?
(a) A hat.
(b) A sweater.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A pair of gloves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator states that "it has been" how many "years since [the Memory Police] first appeared" (20)?

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

3. R tells the unnamed narrator at the end of Chapter 8 that he has not taken what action?

4. The unnamed narrator of The Memory Police states in Chapter 1 that her mother had been what type of artist?

5. At the end of Chapter 1, the unnamed narrator recalls asking her mother, "Why are you the only one who hasn't" (7) taken what action?

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