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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. Why does Annie think the liver smells strange to the narrator?
(a) The seasonings might be affecting the smell.
(b) The narrator's sense of smell might be affected by the accident.
(c) The liver might be off.
(d) The pan is so new.

2. How does the narrator move during his time in the Coldharbour Lane reenactment?
(a) On foot.
(b) On a bike.
(c) In a car.
(d) On a scooter.

3. When is the day of the first reenactment in the apartment building?
(a) August 14.
(b) July 11.
(c) May 7.
(d) January 8.

4. Who finds the police mole for Naz and the narrator?
(a) An old friend.
(b) An artist.
(c) A prop master.
(d) A borough councillor.

5. What does the narrator think of Naz as in the end of Chapter 13?
(a) A friend.
(b) A medical professional.
(c) A zealot.
(d) A traitor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has to be hired to take care of the first major problem in the apartment project in Chapter 9?

2. What happens to the narrator's hands after he plays the role of the homicide victim the first time?

3. What kind of car do the people playing the killers in the reenactment drive?

4. What does the narrator think the liver cooking smells like?

5. What happens on Coldharbour Lane in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Part III, who does the narrator begin to value more on his team and why?

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

5. What task does the narrator often ask Naz to perform for him that is outside the remit of his original purpose?

6. What role does the narrator take in the homicide reenactment, and how does the reenactment make him feel?

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator do with Roger's models of the various scenes that interest him?

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