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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In or on what piece of furniture did the unnamed narrator's keep her disappeared objects?
(a) A drafting table.
(b) A bookcase.
(c) A desk.
(d) A cabinet.

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

5. The unnamed narrator recalls that the disappeared objects in her palm had felt "like little" (5) what?
(a) Animals.
(b) Charms.
(c) Reminders.
(d) Talismans.

6. The remodeling of R's future home within the unnamed narrator's house takes how many days for the old man to finish?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

9. What is the name of the Inuis' cat, whom the narrator claims could be easily identified by the Memory Police?
(a) Fumiko.
(b) Layla.
(c) Kiku.
(d) Mizore.

10. 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.
(c) The ex-milliner.
(d) Professor Inui's wife.

11. 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?
(a) Her evasion of the Memory Police.
(b) Her grief over losing her parents.
(c) Her progress on her newest novel.
(d) Her financial situation.

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

13. 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) Disappeared.
(b) Got fired.
(c) Quit.
(d) Moved away.

14. 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 wallet.
(c) Her keys.
(d) Her cup of coffee.

15. In Chapter 9, the Memory Police are said to be "appearing more often in the streets" (64) riding in trucks painted what color?
(a) Dark green.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once R and the narrator fall into a predictable daily routine, what is the only time she lingers in R's room to chat?

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

3. 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?

4. How many days does it take for the body of water used for disappearing to return to normal?

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?

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