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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many people do the Memory Police take away in the back of one of their trucks after the raid at the strip mall in Chapter 4?
(a) 32.
(b) 4.
(c) 73.
(d) 16.

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

6. What is NOT a business housed within the strip mall raided by the Memory Police in Chapter 4?
(a) A karate studio.
(b) A dance studio.
(c) A dentist's office.
(d) An insurance company.

7. When the Memory Police arrive unannounced at the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 2, what action does she ask them to take, though she is ignored?
(a) She asks them to take off their boots.
(b) She asks them to join her for breakfast.
(c) She asks them to wipe their feet.
(d) She asks them to put away their guns.

8. 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 ceiling of the basement.
(b) In the floor of her late father's office.
(c) In the floor of the basement.
(d) In the floor of the kitchen.

9. Once R and the narrator fall into a predictable daily routine, what is the only time she lingers in R's room to chat?
(a) When she collects his breakfast tray.
(b) When she collects his dinner tray.
(c) When she brings him a bucket of water for bathing.
(d) When she collects his lunch tray.

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

11. How many days does it take for the body of water used for disappearing to return to normal?
(a) 30.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

12. Which season is said to have "deepened" (64) on the island by the time Chapter 9 begins?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

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

14. 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) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

15. On Wednesday afternoon at the start of Chapter 4, the unnamed narrator has her third encounter with the Memory Police within what length of time?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 1 month.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is rumored that the Memory Police have recruited all people with what job to be informants for them?

2. R asks to see which room of the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 8?

3. 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?

4. The unnamed narrator remarks that her newest novel is about a woman who works as a what?

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

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