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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 music box featured in Chapter 16 has "four small legs resembling" what type of animal's "paws" (143)?
(a) A lion.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A dog.
(d) A cat.

2. Which object's disappearance is named by the narrator to have been "the first time a disappearance seemed like a solemn ceremony" (192)?
(a) The hairbrush.
(b) The novel.
(c) The umbrella.
(d) The diamond.

3. Chapter 12 begins with what type of feature?
(a) An arrest warrant.
(b) An excerpt from the narrator's newest novel.
(c) An excerpt from the narrator's mother's diary.
(d) A story about the old man.

4. What two items does the narrator try to leave for the old man when she visits the headquarters of the Memory Police in Chapter 13?
(a) Money and food.
(b) Soap and a towel.
(c) Tea and spices.
(d) Clothing and food.

5. How many times does the narrator repeat the old man's name before the officer at the desk says, "I'm afraid he's not here" (102)?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. The old man is trapped in Chapter 21, but he tells the narrator to run because of what reason?

2. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 12 almost immediately after all photographs are disappeared?

3. What rare request does R make of the narrator in Chapter 12?

4. The sound of what object interrupts the birthday celebration in progress at the end of Chapter 16?

5. Which character gives a music box as a birthday gift in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way do the narrator and R become more intimate over the course of his period of hiding?

2. What special event do R, the narrator, and the old man decide to celebrate in R's room in Chapter 16?

3. What gift does R bestow upon the old man in Chapter 16 and what hopes does R have for the present?

4. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 19 and in what way does the disappearance personally affect the narrator?

5. Which character does the narrator NOT consult about her decision to investigate the old man's disappearance and why?

6. In what way is the theme of altruism demonstrated in Chapter 21 when an earthquake rocks the island?

7. Who comes to stay with the narrator in Chapter 19 and why?

8. What illogical conclusion does the narrator come to about R after their first sexual encounter, though she knows quite well how illogical it is?

9. One morning in Chapter 15, the narrator wakes up to find that what objects have been disappeared?

10. In Chapter 14, the old man reports to the narrator that the Memory Police had been interested in what subject?

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