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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time has passed between Laura's leaving and the phone call from the woman with the album collection?
(a) Two months.
(b) One week.
(c) One month.
(d) One year.

2. Where does the woman with the record collection say her husband has run off with a 23-year-old?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Israel.

3. Where did Ian live until six weeks ago in Chapter 5?
(a) Two blocks from Rob.
(b) Above Rob.
(c) Below Rob.
(d) With Rob.

4. What is the name of the neighborhood where the narrator lives?
(a) South Wales.
(b) Cornwall.
(c) Crouch End.
(d) Exeter.

5. The narrator says in Chapter 1 to Laura that, "we're too ____ to make each other miserable."
(a) Old.
(b) Rich.
(c) Poor.
(d) Desperate.

6. What term does the narrator use to denote kissing?
(a) Warbling.
(b) Wrestling.
(c) Snogging.
(d) Making out.

7. When does Laura tell Rob she wants to come by in Chapter 5?
(a) Next month.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

8. Who is number one on the list of "Top five memorable breakups"?
(a) Charlie Nicholson.
(b) Alison Ashworth.
(c) Jackie Allen.
(d) Sarah Kendrew.

9. How much does Rob offer as a compromise to the woman for the record collection?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 1,000.

10. Whose music is playing in the shop when Marie comes in?
(a) The Moons'.
(b) Elvis Costello's.
(c) John Lennon's.
(d) Marie's.

11. At what number does the narrator guess that a man would be "entitled to appear on an Oprah episode about promiscuity"?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Sixty.

12. What movie do the narrator's parents take him to see?
(a) Howard's End.
(b) Bloody Sunday.
(c) Godzilla.
(d) The Remains of the Day.

13. Where did Marie move from?
(a) Austin.
(b) Ireland.
(c) California.
(d) Houston.

14. What are the narrator's parents attending when he arrives in Chapter 11?
(a) A birthday party.
(b) A barbeque.
(c) Church.
(d) A wine tasting.

15. In what country does the novel take place?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Australia.
(d) The U.S.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the club where the narrator deejayed?

2. What is the narrator's name in High Fidelity?

3. In what year does Chapter 3 of the introduction take place?

4. What is Dick's new girlfriend's name?

5. What does the narrator refer to Marie is regarding the bathroom trip at her house?

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