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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the narrator keep "in cash"?

2. What does the narrator threaten to do if the investment advisor does not adhere to his wishes?

3. Who is the narrator meeting the day after he hears about his settlement?

4. What does the narrator state that he hates in the end of Chapter 3?

5. What does the narrator see in the bathroom at the party in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Early in Part II, what project does the narrator become engrossed in?

2. What stops the narrator from kissing Catherine in Part II?

3. What do Greg and Catherine advise the narrator to do with his settlement money?

4. What are some of the accommodations and deals the narrator has to make to have his apartment dream become a reality?

5. What strange fantasy does the narrator indulge in in Part I regarding the young homeless man?

6. What does the narrator remember about his accident?

7. Who does the narrator become fascinated with at the end of Part I, and why?

8. Who does Daubenay set the narrator up with almost immediately following the settlement?

9. How does the narrator view his ongoing relationship with Catherine?

10. What does Matthew Younger suggest to the narrator about his investments in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events and circumstances make the narrator the most upset, agitated, and/or angry throughout the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator explain his experiences of getting his memory back after the accident? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How much of the narrator's increasingly bizarre and dangerous demands do you think McCarthy intends the reader to attribute to the aftermath of the narrator's original accident? How much weight do you think McCarthy invites the reader to assign to the narrator's personality regarding his actions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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