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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information has the narrator discovered before going out and meeting up with Marie and friends in Chapter 10?
(a) Laura is coming back to him.
(b) Laura is getting married.
(c) Laura hasn't slept with Ian.
(d) Laura is leaving London.

2. With whom did the narrator have an affair?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Rosie.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Jessica.

3. What year is listed for the character of Alison?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1999.

4. What is the name of the friend who was dating Jackie?
(a) Darren.
(b) Phil.
(c) Mike.
(d) Scott.

5. What is the top favorite film of both the narrator's parents?
(a) Genevieve.
(b) Mr. Porter.
(c) Gone with the Wind.
(d) The Way We Were.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what number does the narrator guess that a man would be "entitled to appear on an Oprah episode about promiscuity"?

3. What term does the narrator use to denote kissing?

4. How much money does the woman ask for the record collection?

5. What does Marie believe that sex is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Laura? How long has the protagonist known her?

2. Who is the final woman on Rob's list? How did their relationship come about?

3. What does the protagonist think when he sees the record collection of the woman who called? Why does she have the price she does for the collection?

4. Who comes to the shop on the Saturday after the main characters go to the pub? What happens?

5. Who is Dick? Describe this character.

6. Where does the protagonist work? How does he describe this place?

7. What interaction does Barry have with a customer in the shop that angers Rob? How does he react?

8. Who is Dick's new girlfriend? What does Barry do when he hears news that Dick is dating someone?

9. What does the narrator do in times of trouble? How does this console him?

10. What does Rob recall about how he met Laura? What song did she request?

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