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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 narrator's neighbors who are a couple in their thirties have what kind of pet?
(a) A dog.
(b) A fish.
(c) A cat.
(d) A hamster.
2. What position does the narrator take within the company when she gets a new job in Chapter 20?
(a) Teller.
(b) Typist.
(c) Dancer.
(d) Accountant.
3. Which character's birthday is celebrated in Chapter 16?
(a) R's.
(b) Professor Inui's.
(c) The old man's.
(d) The narrator's.
4. The music box featured in Chapter 16 has "four small legs resembling" what type of animal's "paws" (143)?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A lion.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.
5. What rare request does R make of the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) A visit from his wife.
(b) An apple.
(c) Some form of work to do.
(d) A photograph of his son.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is NOT an item sent by the ex-milliner and his wife to the narrator in Chapter 19 to thank her for her hospitality?
2. 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)?
3. The narrator gets a new job in Chapter 20 with a company that produces what?
4. Which character gives a music box as a birthday gift in Chapter 16?
5. Which character first notices that there are disappeared objects inside sculptures created by the narrator's mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason does the narrator get particularly nervous when the Memory Police are searching her writing desk?
2. What special event do R, the narrator, and the old man decide to celebrate in R's room in Chapter 16?
3. What new job does the narrator take in Chapter 20 and why?
4. In what way does the theme of surveillance appear within Chapter 18, in relation to the bond between R and the narrator?
5. What objects in the narrator's sink nearly result in disaster when the Memory Police see them in Chapter 17?
6. In Chapter 14, the old man reports to the narrator that the Memory Police had been interested in what subject?
7. In what way do the narrator and R become more intimate over the course of his period of hiding?
8. In what way is the motif of sound used to inspire feelings of horror and suspense in the reader at the end of Chapter 16?
9. What object does R beg the narrator not to burn in Chapter 12 and what is her reaction?
10. To what object is the narrator referring when she states in Chapter 19, "Never had I seen anything burn as brightly" (183)?
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