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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 unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?
(a) The attic.
(b) The basement.
(c) The sun room.
(d) The kitchen.

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

3. 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.

4. The narrator anxiously waits for R on the appointed Wednesday, knowing that it generally takes how many minutes to walk from the station to her house?
(a) 60.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

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?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meal do the unnamed narrator and the old man share together in Chapter 5?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 9, the Memory Police are said to be "appearing more often in the streets" (64) riding in trucks painted what color?

4. The narrator tells R in Chapter 11, "I suspect the only reason I've been able to go on writing is that I've had your" what "by my side all along" (82)?

5. In or on what piece of furniture did the unnamed narrator's keep her disappeared objects?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When the narrator makes her usual stop at the ornithology observatory in Chapter 3, what does she find there?

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

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

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

7. What does the old man do with the page of the old ferry log on which he and the narrator have written their plans for hiding R?

8. What is the symbolism of the cabinet the unnamed narrator describes in relation to her mother in Chapter 1?

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

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

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