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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. When do investment professionals advise "top-slicing" investments?

2. Who is the narrator's lawyer?

3. What is the clearest memory Catherine tells the narrator she has?

4. At the end of Chapter 2, how does the narrator feel about Catherine?

5. What can the narrator only say very little about in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the narrator view his ongoing relationship with Catherine?

5. What does the narrator remember about his accident?

6. What actor does the narrator become fixated upon, and why?

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

8. What are the terms of the narrator's settlement?

9. Early in Part II, what project does the narrator become engrossed in?

10. What group of employees does the narrator have a particularly difficult time working with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What are some elements of the physical world that repulse and stymie the narrator, and why do these elements seem to have the triggering effect they do? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is the narrator's experience of physical therapy, and how do these experiences shape what the protagonist chooses to spend his settlement money on? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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