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

2. Who seems to understand the narrator's intentions better than most others in Chapter 13?
(a) The borough councillor.
(b) James.
(c) Greg.
(d) The old woman.

3. What is wrong with the first type of glass in the apartment building for the narrator's tastes?
(a) It is too thick.
(b) It is too colorful.
(c) It is too new.
(d) It is too thin.

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

5. Why is the narrator upset with the pianist in Part III?
(a) He quits.
(b) He wants to play more cheerful music.
(c) He sets a recording of himself playing to make the narrator think he is in the building when he is not.
(d) He tells the narrator the narrator is crazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the day of the first reenactment in the apartment building?

2. How much does the narrator pay for fixing his car?

3. How does the narrator get a copy of the report from the homicide on ColdHarbour Lane?

4. Who fixes the narrator's car for him in Part III?

5. What does the narrator ask the reenactors to do differently after running through the Coldharbour Lane reenactment a few times?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is wrong with the plants the Portuguese plant specialist brings with her to the new building?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. How does the narrator go about getting details about the event he wants to reenact in Part IV?

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

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