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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. Who begs the narrator not to burn the photograph of her mother she keeps on the mantelpiece?
(a) Professor Inui.
(b) The old man.
(c) The ex-milliner.
(d) R.

2. Chapter 18 begins with an excerpt of the narrator's novel about which protagonist?
(a) The novelist.
(b) The ballerina.
(c) The typist.
(d) The chef.

3. The sight of what objects convinces the narrator in Chapter 22 that the Inui family has been captured by the Memory Police?
(a) Gloves.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Cats.

4. The narrator feels especially nervous in Chapter 17 when the Memory Police search which piece of furniture?
(a) A dining room table.
(b) A cabinet.
(c) A desk.
(d) A bed.

5. What object seems to the narrator in Chapter 18 to be her "only ticket" for "admittance to the hidden room below [her]" (170)?
(a) Her body.
(b) Her novel manuscript.
(c) Her voice.
(d) Her kiss.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what location are the narrator and the old man when the first natural disaster strikes in Chapter 21?

2. Which character is taken by the Memory Police in Chapter 13?

3. The music box featured in Chapter 16 is lined with what material?

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

5. What object catches the narrator's eye in Chapter 17 and causes her anxiety to grow during the search of her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Which of the novel's symbols is revisited again within Chapter 22, echoing its earlier appearance in Chapter 5?

4. How does the narrator acquire the dog named Don in Chapter 19 and what is the significance of her acquisition?

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

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

7. What objects in the narrator's sink nearly result in disaster when the Memory Police see them in Chapter 17?

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

9. What object does R beg the narrator not to burn in Chapter 12 and what is her reaction?

10. What rare event occurs on the island in Chapter 12 and what plotline develops from it?

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