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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator order to drink at dinner with the homeless person?

2. What does the narrator feel when he first speaks to his manager at Time Control?

3. Who is the narrator's best friend?

4. Which of the following does the narrator tell Naz his building has to have?

5. What does the homeless person ask the narrator when he approaches him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the narrator's feelings towards his friend Greg begin to change in Part II?

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

3. What are some of the accommodations and deals the narrator has to make to have his apartment dream become a reality?

4. What does the narrator's physical therapist focus on during his recovery?

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

6. What do Greg and Catherine advise the narrator to do with his settlement money?

7. What does the narrator do when he hears about the amount of his settlement?

8. What stops the narrator from kissing Catherine in Part II?

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

10. Who does Daubenay set the narrator up with almost immediately following the settlement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effect does the 8 million pound settlement end up having, at the end of the novel, on the protagonist's life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does McCarthy communicate the feelings and reactions of people the protagonist comes into contact with, does business with, and makes requests of, to the protagonists increasingly outlandish and absurd demands? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does the narrator treat the reenactors he hires for his scenes and whims, and what does his treatment of the reenactors signal to the reader about his mindset and his character? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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