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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. Who finds the police mole for Naz and the narrator?

2. Why is the young boy in the building in Chapter 8?

3. What schedule does the narrator ask for his reenactors in his second reenactment to be on?

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

5. What is the second reenactment project the narrator wants Naz to manage for him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator request of the woman in the lobby, and why?

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

4. In Part IV, what event does the narrator become obsessed with reenacting?

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

6. Why does the narrator get so angry at the pianist in Part III?

7. How does the narrator go about getting details about the event he wants to reenact in Part IV?

8. What is wrong with the plants the Portuguese plant specialist brings with her to the new building?

9. In Part IV, what does the narrator realize about when he felt the most authentic since his accident?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does the protagonist use the models he has made for him of the different places he fixates upon for his reenactments? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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