Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 3 Test
Memory tip (See it, link it, place it): Pictures: big, funny, moving, colourful, with a sense. Stories: each item does something to the next. Palace: walk the stops in order. Keyword: the CAPITAL word sounds like the new word, the picture shows the meaning. Mind maps: topic in the centre, each detail on its own branch.
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- 1.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) small doodles (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) topic in the centre
- 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a goat by the dining table, a net by the TV, a vase by the sofa, a ball by the door, an anchor by the shoe rack. Where did you place the goat? (a) door (b) TV (c) sofa (d) dining table
- 4.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a blank wall (c) one you know very well (d) a random new city
- 5.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) means the same (c) is spelled the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 6.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) chunking
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 8.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) watching fireworks (c) tasting raw mango (d) stroking soft fur
- 9.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) you get an extra item (c) that item is lost (d) nothing changes
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 11.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 12.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) ideas with no links (c) copying a whole page (d) one key word per branch
- 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato pulls a kettle; the kettle sits on a tent; the tent crashes into a banana; the banana chases an inkpot. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) inkpot (b) kettle (c) banana (d) tent
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) small doodles (c) topic in the centre (d) ideas with no links
- 16.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: long sentences? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 17.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot jumps over a ball; the ball sings to an urn; the urn rolls into a lemon; the lemon tickles a tomato. Which item comes right after the lemon? (a) urn (b) inkpot (c) tomato (d) ball
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a goat by the park gate, an inkpot by the slide, a coconut by the bench, a violin by the swing, a mango by the fruit cart. Where did you place the goat? (a) park gate (b) bench (c) slide (d) fruit cart
- 20.True or false: “topic in a corner” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 22.True or false: “details on small twigs” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a plain grey box (c) the word in small print (d) a bright red flying cow
- 24.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat tickles an anchor; the anchor sits on a guava; the guava pulls a drum; the drum chases a sock. Which item comes right before the drum? (a) anchor (b) goat (c) drum (d) guava
- 26.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle falls into a frog; the frog bounces onto a pillow; the pillow pulls a goat; the goat jumps over a flute. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) frog (b) goat (c) flute (d) pillow
- 28.True or false: “a normal-sized cup” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 31.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) no reason (c) it looks nice (d) to keep the order
- 32.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 33.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 34.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 35.True or false: “a laughing tiffin box” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a plain grey box (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a blurry shape (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 38.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) add more stops (c) use no route (d) skip 5 items
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 40.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
Answer key
- tiny, cramped writing
- step 1
- dining table
- one you know very well
- sounds like the new word
- the method of loci
- step 4
- watching fireworks
- that item is lost
- a strong picture
- choose a place you know
- one key word per branch
- step 2
- kettle
- ideas with no links
- a poor mind map
- link it to the next item
- tomato
- park gate
- True
- a strong picture
- True
- a bright red flying cow
- put pictures at stops
- guava
- step 2
- pillow
- False
- picture the first item
- hear the new word
- to keep the order
- fix stops in order
- picture the first item
- link it to the meaning
- True
- a plain grey box
- a blurry shape
- add more stops
- step 3
- a strong picture
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