The Memory Police Check

1. What kind of place is the story set in?

• Tokyo

• Unnamed Island

• A major city but unnamed

• Hiroshima

1. What happens when something “disappears” on the island?

• The object vanishes

• Nothing happens

• The citizens all celebrate

• They riot after losing the object

Who are the Memory Police?

• A group of scientists studying memory

• A fictional character in a different novel
• They are a secretive, authoritarian force that enforces the forgetting of disappeared things and captures people who can still remember

• A real police force in Japan

The narrator's profession is a

(a)  

Who is R and why is he important?

• R is a writer too and they fall in love.

• R is a popular video game character who she becomes obsessed with.

• R is a member of the Memory Police.

• R is her editor and someone who can remember forgotten things.

What do the islanders do when something disappears?

• They ignore it and move on.
• They instinctively get rid of the object; burning or discarding

• They blame each other for the loss.
• They celebrate the disappearance.

Why is it dangerous to remember things that have disappeared?

• Those people are seen as threats and often removed from society.

• It isn't, it is encouraged in this society.

• You risk being killed if they know you can remember.

• You are sent to another island of people who remember the lost things.

Who is the narrator's friend?

• Q

• The Young Man

• The Old Man

• The quiet man

The narrator is writing a story about a woman who's voice is...

(a)  

How does The Memory Police end?

• The protagonist escapes the Memory Police and regains all her memories.
• The protagonist forgets everything and starts a new life outside the Memory Police's control.
• The Memory Police ends with the protagonist accepting the loss of memories and her body; and the reality of her existence under the Memory Police's control.

• The story ends with a rebellion against the Memory Police succeeding.