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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 fantasize about doing regarding the homeless person?

2. What does the narrator think is strange about his drink at the bar with his friends in Chapter 2?

3. What does the narrator do to try to help him remember the crack in the wall in Chapter 4?

4. What does the narrator want to do for his own search for his new apartment building?

5. What does the narrator tell his friends about his settlement?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator tell his friends about his settlement?

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

8. What does the narrator remember about his accident?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events and circumstances make the narrator the most upset, agitated, and/or angry throughout the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator explain his experiences of getting his memory back after the accident? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think the narrator chooses not to tell Greg and Catherine the true sum that he has received in compensation for his accident at the beginning of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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