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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. Who does the narrator watch for a while from the coffee shop window?
(a) Media types.
(b) Marathon runners.
(c) Waste management people.
(d) Children at school.

2. What drink does the narrator always order at the coffee shop?
(a) A cappuccino.
(b) An ice cream shake.
(c) A latte.
(d) A tea.

3. What does the narrator tell his friends about his settlement?
(a) He tells them it is exactly the amount that it actually is.
(b) He tells them he is not going to accept it.
(c) He lies and says it is much less than it actually is.
(d) He tells them it did not come through.

4. What does the one homeless person the narrator focuses on have in his lap?
(a) Books.
(b) A backpack.
(c) A dog.
(d) Money.

5. What does the narrator do to make sure the waitress lets the dog into the restaurant?
(a) Buys the restaurant.
(b) Cooks the meal himself.
(c) Pays the waitress 20 pounds.
(d) Threatens to call the police if they do not let the dog in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which company does Daubenay put the narrator in touch with when he wants to do his apartment project?

2. What does the narrator do when he hears about the settlement?

3. Where is the investment advisor's office in Chapter 3?

4. What kind of animals were part of the building the narrator used to live in?

5. What does the narrator spill in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator see at David Simpson's party that changes his life?

3. How does the narrator eventually find the property he buys?

4. Who eventually helps connect the narrator with the person who runs his apartment project for him, and how does he do this?

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

6. What does the narrator threaten Matthew Younger with in order to get Younger to do what he wants?

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

8. What specific neighbors does the narrator recall from his past apartment building?

9. Why do people at David's party become really angry with the narrator?

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

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