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

2. 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) Lunch.
(c) Midnight snack.
(d) Dinner.

3. 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) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what letter of the alphabet does the unnamed narrator refer to her literary editor?

2. 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?

3. It is revealed in Chapter 5 that the unnamed narrator's mother had received a letter from the Memory Police how many years back?

4. What is NOT a reason that "no one ever attempts to cross" (8) the mountains to the north?

5. The remodeling of R's future home within the unnamed narrator's house takes how many days for the old man to finish?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the raid witnessed by the narrator in Chapter 4 different than all previous raids, according to the narrator?

2. What type of artist was the unnamed narrator's mother and why is this detail significant?

3. Discuss an instance when Ogawa uses a metaphor or simile to describe R's ability to hold onto memories of disappeared objects.

4. Explain the first line of the novel, which states, "I sometimes wonder what was disappeared first---among all the things that have vanished from the island" (3).

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

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

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

8. What particular aspect of the birds' disappearance bothers the narrator the most?

9. What objects are disappeared within Chapter 6 and what is different about the disppearances in this chapter?

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

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