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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. Why is Greg upset with the narrator in Part III?
2. How much does the narrator pay for fixing his car?
3. What do the killers use in the third shooting in Brixton in Chapter 13?
4. What is the second reenactment project the narrator wants Naz to manage for him?
5. What happens to the cats on the roof of the apartment building?
Short Essay Questions
1. What role does the narrator take in the homicide reenactment, and how does the reenactment make him feel?
2. In Part IV, what does the narrator realize about when he felt the most authentic since his accident?
3. What happens to the cats on the roof of the building routinely, and how does the narrator handle this problem?
4. 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?
5. What sensation does the narrator experience when he is very happy with the reenactments?
6. What task does the narrator often ask Naz to perform for him that is outside the remit of his original purpose?
7. In Part III, what particular aspect of his own new apartment do the workers have trouble getting right?
8. What happens to the narrator in the days immediately following his homicide reenactment?
9. In general, what does the narrator feel is a difficulty in getting the apartment building the way he wants it?
10. What is one unanticipated problem with cooking the liver in Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What particular element of the real bank robbery leads to the death of the robber reenactor Number Four in the bank? What "lesson" does the narrator seem to take from the robber reenactor's death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How does the protagonist's inability and complete refusal to take Matthew Younger's advice about his investments shape the plot and outcome of this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
When and how does McCarthy communicate the protagonist's increasing callousness towards those around him throughout the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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