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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. Where is the police tape situated for the narrator's second reenactment?
(a) Where Shakespeare Road runs into Coldharbour Lane.
(b) Where the river bends into Coldharbour Lane.
(c) Where the phone box is located.
(d) Where Coldharbour Lane meets Rittenhouse Row.

2. Who does the narrator threaten to kick out of his building in Part IV?
(a) Greg.
(b) Naz.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Catherine.

3. What is one physical maneuver that the narrator works hard on to get right in his apartment?
(a) Locking his door.
(b) Opening his window.
(c) Putting his kettle on the stove.
(d) Brushing past his kitchen counter.

4. What do both the narrator and Naz say they always used to like?
(a) Playing dress-up.
(b) Running marathons.
(c) The fair.
(d) Going to the movies.

5. What does the narrator think the liver cooking smells like?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Cordite.
(c) Tea.
(d) Sweat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator ask the motorbike man to do in Part III that he has never asked before?

2. Why does Annie think the liver smells strange to the narrator?

3. Who is the special effects person Frank brings in to work on the second reenactment?

4. Who does the narrator ask to fix the natural element in his apartment in Chapter 13?

5. How does Naz want to apply for a permit to do the Coldharbour Lane reenactment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator go about getting details about the event he wants to reenact in Part IV?

2. Why does the narrator get so angry at the pianist in Part III?

3. What does the narrator request of the woman in the lobby, and why?

4. What does the narrator do with Roger's models of the various scenes that interest him?

5. What does the narrator not like, and fail to consider, about the way the sun is hitting the floor in his apartment building?

6. In general, what does the narrator feel is a difficulty in getting the apartment building the way he wants it?

7. In Part III, who does the narrator begin to value more on his team and why?

8. What role does the narrator take in the homicide reenactment, and how does the reenactment make him feel?

9. What events does the narrator become obsessed with in general in Part IV?

10. What does the narrator ask the pianist to do in Part IV?

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