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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many kinds of photographs does the narrator discover forensic investigators take?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

2. What does the narrator ask the reenactors to do differently after running through the Coldharbour Lane reenactment a few times?
(a) Talk softer.
(b) Do everything faster.
(c) Talk louder.
(d) Do everything slower.

3. Early in Part III, what word does the narrator hear from Younger that he asks Naz to look up the definition of for him?
(a) Hedonistic.
(b) Speculation.
(c) Hefty.
(d) Anachronistic.

4. Where does the narrator like to spend a lot of time in his apartment building?
(a) In the bath.
(b) In the courtyard.
(c) On the roof.
(d) In the stairwell.

5. Why is the young boy in the building in Chapter 8?
(a) To see a friend.
(b) For a painting lesson.
(c) For a piano lesson.
(d) To see his father.

6. What does the narrator see everywhere in forensic investigations?
(a) Patterns.
(b) Pens.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Bones.

7. What does the narrator say to the young boy who crosses his path on the first day in the apartment project?
(a) To tell his mother he failed at the project.
(b) To say something to the narrator, or he will not get paid.
(c) To leave his sight.
(d) To carry on and that it will all be fine.

8. What happens to the narrator's hands after he plays the role of the homicide victim the first time?
(a) They get very warm.
(b) They get cut.
(c) They get sprained.
(d) They turn numb.

9. What food does the narrator ask Naz to order for both of them one night soon before the apartment project is finished?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Tacos.
(c) Beans.
(d) Artichokes.

10. What do the killers use in the third shooting in Brixton in Chapter 13?
(a) A motorbike.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A scooter.
(d) A car.

11. What does the narrator choose as his next reenactment in the end of Part IV?
(a) A trip to the United States.
(b) A movie shoot.
(c) A bank heist.
(d) A picnic.

12. What happens on Coldharbour Lane in Part III?
(a) A shooting.
(b) A parade.
(c) A grand re-opening of a store.
(d) A car crash.

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

14. What natural element is the narrator dismayed with in his building in Chapter 13?
(a) The air.
(b) The bugs.
(c) The plants.
(d) The sunlight.

15. In Chapter 14, what does the narrator ask Naz to reenact once he emerges from his trance?
(a) A movie.
(b) A scene from the narrator's childhood.
(c) An art conference.
(d) Part of the reenactment itself on Coldharbour Lane where the narrator is giving the actors instructions.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the narrator at the end of his experience participating in the Coldharbour Lane reenactment?

4. In Chapter 13, what does the narrator ask the pianist to use?

5. What is one reason the narrator feels justified in making such particular and peculiar demands of his staff?

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