I've been quietly reading this thread since the start. Since I'm not (yet) an instructor, and I'm not (yet) multi-rated, I haven't really had much to contribute, but I've enjoyed reading from it and learning from it, and trying to apply what I'm reading to the few hours of dual multi-engine flight that I did a couple of years ago.
What prompted me to post, though, was B2N2's excellent description of his test. All I can say is Wow! Well done, it sounds to me like a bl00dy difficult test, and it also sounds like you handled it bl00dy well. If you can handle everything the examiner threw at you, then I'd be more than happy to have you as my multi-instructor when the time comes! (And I particularly like the bit about screwing the bulbs back in....
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FFF
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