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

2. What does the doctor tell Naz needs to stop for the narrator's health to improve?
(a) Cooking the liver.
(b) The piano player's songs.
(c) The reenactments.
(d) The running regimen.

3. What does the narrator ask the concierge to do differently in Chapter 13?
(a) Do everything louder.
(b) Do everything slower.
(c) Do everything softer.
(d) Do everything faster.

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

5. What kind of car do the people playing the killers in the reenactment drive?
(a) A BMW.
(b) A Chevy.
(c) A Telsa.
(d) A Hyundai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one physical maneuver that the narrator works hard on to get right in his apartment?

2. Why does Annie think the liver smells strange to the narrator?

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

4. What does the narrator think of Naz as in the end of Chapter 13?

5. Why is the young boy in the building in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator ask the pianist to do in Part IV?

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

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

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

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

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