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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 ask to fix the natural element in his apartment in Chapter 13?
(a) James.
(b) Annie.
(c) The old woman.
(d) Naz.

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

3. Who is the special effects person Frank brings in to work on the second reenactment?
(a) James.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Sid.
(d) Henry.

4. What is one reason the narrator feels justified in making such particular and peculiar demands of his staff?
(a) People have told him they are happy to do the work.
(b) He is paying them enormous amounts of money.
(c) He is very smart.
(d) His lawyer told him he can be more demanding now.

5. What does the narrator want to happen with the old woman cooking the liver in Part III?
(a) She asks him how his day was.
(b) He finds her lost cat for her.
(c) He buys her dinner.
(d) He interacts with her as she is taking her rubbish out.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How often does the narrator leave his apartment building in the month after he first receives his model of the building in Part III?

3. How does the narrator describe his opinion of forensic procedure?

4. Who does Naz tell the narrator has been looking for him in Part IV?

5. How does the narrator move during his time in the Coldharbour Lane reenactment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What interaction does the narrator have with the old woman who cooks liver, and why is it important?

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

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

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

8. Who prompts the narrator to take stock of his reenactments and actions up to that point in the end of Part IV, and what idea does the narrator come up with for his next plan?

9. What does the narrator not like, and fail to consider, about the way the sun is hitting the floor in his apartment building?

10. In Part IV, what does the narrator realize about when he felt the most authentic since his accident?

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