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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. How many officers appear on either side of the narrator in Chapter 13 and hurry her into the elevator before guiding her "through a maze of corridors and into a room at the heart of the building" (103)?
2. How many times is the trap door to R's room opened during the ex-milliner and his wife's stay?
3. When Chapter 19 begins, the narrator states that how many weeks have "passed since the old man's birthday party" (171)?
4. Which character gives a shaving kit as a birthday gift in Chapter 16?
5. Which character gives a music box as a birthday gift in Chapter 16?
Short Essay Questions
1. What rare event occurs on the island in Chapter 12 and what plotline develops from it?
2. In Chapter 14, the old man reports to the narrator that the Memory Police had been interested in what subject?
3. Who comes to stay with the narrator in Chapter 19 and why?
4. What object does R beg the narrator not to burn in Chapter 12 and what is her reaction?
5. In what way do the narrator and R become more intimate over the course of his period of hiding?
6. Which character does the narrator NOT consult about her decision to investigate the old man's disappearance and why?
7. What sorts of jobs does R begin to complete on the narrator's behalf in Chapter 12 and why?
8. What alarming event happens to the old man in Chapter 13?
9. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 19 and in what way does the disappearance personally affect the narrator?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the ways in which the themes of eccentricity and conformity appear within Ogawa’s novel The Memory Police. What message is Ogawa sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for The Memory Police.
Essay Topic 3
How does Ogawa use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.
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