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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When the old man moves to a new location in Chapter 22, where does he go?
2. Which character eats and smiles less frequently after the search of the narrator's home by the Memory Police?
3. The old man reports to the narrator in Chapter 14 that the Memory Police had interrogated him about what subject?
4. The music box featured in Chapter 16 has "four small legs resembling" what type of animal's "paws" (143)?
5. How does the narrator explain the presence of a pile of dirty dishes in her sink in Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way is the theme of altruism demonstrated in Chapter 21 when an earthquake rocks the island?
2. What new job does the narrator take in Chapter 20 and why?
3. To what object is the narrator referring when she states in Chapter 19, "Never had I seen anything burn as brightly" (183)?
4. What rare event occurs on the island in Chapter 12 and what plotline develops from it?
5. Which of the novel's symbols is revisited again within Chapter 22, echoing its earlier appearance in Chapter 5?
6. What sorts of jobs does R begin to complete on the narrator's behalf in Chapter 12 and why?
7. Who comes to stay with the narrator in Chapter 19 and why?
8. How does the theme of courage arise within Chapter 13 of The Memory Police?
9. What object does R beg the narrator not to burn in Chapter 12 and what is her reaction?
10. In Chapter 14, the old man reports to the narrator that the Memory Police had been interested in what subject?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of surveillance treated within The Memory Police and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Ogawa's novel from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of The Memory Police.
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