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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 music does Marie put on in the morning with the narrator?
(a) Patsy Cline.
(b) Marie LaSalle.
(c) Andrew Clide.
(d) Paul McCartney.

2. How long have Rob and Laura lived together?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Two years.

3. Who does the main character go to visit in Chapter 11?
(a) His parents.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Charlie.
(d) His ex-wife.

4. Who does the narrator say that Kevin Bannister had been kissing for a couple of weeks in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Stephanie Phelph.
(b) Sarah Kendrew.
(c) Elizabeth Barnes.
(d) Mary Alison.

5. How long did the narrator date Penny?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Three days.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the friend of both the narrator and Laura who wishes they would get back together?

2. Who does Marie bring onstage for her encore in Chapter 6?

3. Who did the narrator meet at the club where he deejayed?

4. In what year did the narrator begin dating Charlie?

5. What does the narrator say the boys had in Chapter 1 of the intro that was "any different from what they had before"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the narrator's first two relationships like and how did they end?

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

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

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

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

6. How does the protagonist discover who "Ian" is? How does he recall this character?

7. What does the protagonist think of the idea of going to the movies with his parents? Who does he see at the cinema who depresses him?

8. What does Rob ask Laura when they meet at a pub in Chapter 14? What does she reply?

9. What happens when the narrator's mother calls in Chapter 2?

10. 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?

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