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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. How does the narrator feel watching the person fixing his car?
(a) Angry.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Sad.
(d) Transfixed.

2. What happens to the narrator after the people at the car repair shop replace his car's fluid?
(a) His car catches on fire.
(b) His car will not start.
(c) He gets out of the car and beats them.
(d) It leaks out of the vents and dashboard onto him.

3. What happens to the narrator at the end of his experience participating in the Coldharbour Lane reenactment?
(a) Someone actually shoots him.
(b) He goes for a swim.
(c) He dies.
(d) He goes into a trance again.

4. What is the name of the doctor who tries to treat the narrator in Chapter 13?
(a) Dr. Smith.
(b) Dr. Kitcher.
(c) Dr. Ryan.
(d) Dr. Trevellian.

5. What does the narrator ask Naz to do at the very end of Part III?
(a) Plan the narrator's wedding.
(b) Buy him a new scarf.
(c) Find Catherine.
(d) Procure the permission to use the area on Coldharbour Lane where a significant event occurred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator threaten to kick out of his building in Part IV?

2. Where is the police tape situated for the narrator's second reenactment?

3. What does the narrator begin to wonder about the Coldharbour Lane homicide victim?

4. Where does the narrator start his position in the Coldharbour Lane reenactment?

5. What does the narrator tell Naz to do to solve the problem of the cats?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the narrator in the days immediately following his homicide reenactment?

2. What sensation does the narrator experience when he is very happy with the reenactments?

3. In Part IV, what kind of reenactment does the narrator ask for that is a departure from the other ones he has asked ror?

4. What is one unanticipated problem with cooking the liver in Chapter 9?

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

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

7. What is wrong with the plants the Portuguese plant specialist brings with her to the new building?

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

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

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

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