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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. It is revealed in Chapter 5 that the unnamed narrator's mother had received a letter from the Memory Police how many years back?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

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

4. How many black garbage bags full of the unnamed narrator's late father's belongings do the five Memory Police officers seize after their hour-long search?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 3.

5. What meal do the unnamed narrator and the old man share together in Chapter 5?
(a) Waffles.
(b) Hamburgers.
(c) Stew.
(d) Omelettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. R comes over to the unnamed narrator's house in Chapter 8 for what reason?

2. The old man attempts to reassure the unnamed narrator by telling her in Chapter 7, "Those Memory Police are only after people who aren't able to" (54) take which action?

3. How many of the Memory Police's "dark green trucks with canvas covers in back" (20) are present at the raid in Chapter 4?

4. 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?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Once R agrees to accept the narrator's offer to hide him, what instructions does she give him?

2. At what sight do the narrator and the old man gaze during their discussion of the Memory Police in Chapter 7?

3. Who raps on the narrator's basement window in Chapter 4 and for what purpose?

4. Discuss an instance when Ogawa uses a metaphor or simile to demonstrate the desolation that begins to characterize the island after many disappearances.

5. For what reason does the narrator visit R's office in Chapter 10?

6. What type of routine do the narrator and R fall into once R gets settled in his room in Chapter 11?

7. What information is revealed in Chapter 5 about the narrator's mother and her interactions with the Memory Police?

8. For what reason does R at first reject the narrator's offer of help in Chapter 10?

9. For what reason do the Memory Police visit the unnamed narrator in Chapter 2?

10. What does the pair of light blue gloves symbolize, from the narrator's perspective?

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