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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. Why is Greg upset with the narrator in Part III?
(a) Greg has been sick, and the narrator told him he did not care.
(b) He knows the narrator lied about his settlement.
(c) The narrator has been ignoring Greg's calls.
(d) The narrator is moving out of the country and did not bother to tell Greg.

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

3. In Chapter 13, what does the narrator spend three days doing?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Drifting into and out of trances.

4. What does the narrator think of Naz as in the end of Chapter 13?
(a) A traitor.
(b) A zealot.
(c) A friend.
(d) A medical professional.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator ask the reenactors to do differently after running through the Coldharbour Lane reenactment a few times?

2. What does the narrator ask Naz to do at the very end of Part III?

3. How does the narrator move during his time in the Coldharbour Lane reenactment?

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

5. Who does the narrator see talking to the man in the courtyard in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Part III, what particular aspect of his own new apartment do the workers have trouble getting right?

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

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

6. What task does the narrator often ask Naz to perform for him that is outside the remit of his original purpose?

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

8. In Part IV, what event does the narrator become obsessed with reenacting?

9. What happens to the cats on the roof of the building routinely, and how does the narrator handle this problem?

10. In Part IV, what does the narrator realize about when he felt the most authentic since his accident?

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