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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 choose as his next reenactment in the end of Part IV?

2. What is unusual about how the narrator wants the reenactors in the narrator's second reenactment scenario to speak?

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

4. What does the woman cooking the liver say to the narrator during their interaction?

5. Who does the narrator see talking to the man in the courtyard in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the narrator in the days immediately following his homicide reenactment?

2. What events does the narrator become obsessed with in general in Part IV?

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

4. In general, what does the narrator feel is a difficulty in getting the apartment building the way he wants it?

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

6. What sensation does the narrator experience when he is very happy with the reenactments?

7. What does the narrator do with Roger's models of the various scenes that interest him?

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

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

10. What interaction does the narrator have with the old woman who cooks liver, and why is it important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does the narrator's receipt of the 8 million pounds in compensation affect his closest personal relationships in his life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How much of the narrator's increasingly bizarre and dangerous demands do you think McCarthy intends the reader to attribute to the aftermath of the narrator's original accident? How much weight do you think McCarthy invites the reader to assign to the narrator's personality regarding his actions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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