Well its not so long ago on a joint BFR and IPC that an instructor pulled an engine on me at the end of an ILS at 250ft just as I was transitioning to go-around in a blustery crosswind and in the moment we were nearly over...took some very rough control handling to keep us upright...I know we need to train for all eventualities but f*ck me !!
Needless to say, I didn't go back there again.
No pax in the back though, thats why I would agree that if this was a practice engine failure then the instructor must not have been really thinking....