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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. Who seems to understand the narrator's intentions better than most others in Chapter 13?

2. What happens on Coldharbour Lane in Part III?

3. What natural element is the narrator dismayed with in his building in Chapter 13?

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

5. What does the narrator say to the young boy who crosses his path on the first day in the apartment project?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator keep insisting the liver from the woman downstairs smells like?

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

3. What does the doctor who examines the narrator conclude about the narrator in Part IV?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the narrator's experience of physical therapy, and how do these experiences shape what the protagonist chooses to spend his settlement money on? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Do you think McCarthy intends for the reader to feel any measure of sympathy for the narrator by the end of this novel? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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