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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 happens on Coldharbour Lane in Part III?

2. What does the narrator find in the cupboard above the counter in his kitchen?

3. What does the narrator ask the motorbike man to do in Part III that he has never asked before?

4. What composer does the narrator choose for the piano player to play a piece of music from?

5. What does the man who is killed in Coldharbour Lane symbolize to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the symbolism of the crack in the wall that the narrator becomes obsessed with after encountering it at the party early in 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 his long months in the hospital and, specifically, his inability to move, following his accident? 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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