Rather focus on understanding the systems and differences of the aircraft, and how you will handle an unusual event without fumbling for checklists.
Opinions vary on that, I might add that I don't have a real opinion one way or another but I was doing an annual checkride in an Arrow last year and on downwind the instructor (who is CFI of his own ATO and well respected) gave me a simulated gear failure. I know the drill off by heart and as I started to go through the sequence he stopped me and
firmly 
said 'No, no, no, get the checklist out and use it, that's what it's there for.'