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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. Who does the narrator indicate is notably NOT on the list of the top five breakups?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jackie.
(c) Melissa.
(d) Laura.

2. Who did Penny date after the narrator?
(a) Andy Pasher.
(b) John Williams.
(c) Chris Thomson.
(d) Jeremy Wilson.

3. The narrator says that in Bruce Springsteen songs you can either "stay and rot" or what?
(a) Fly and crash.
(b) Stay and burn.
(c) Leave and rot.
(d) Escape and burn.

4. What does the narrator say he has always hated in Chapter 11?
(a) Mondays.
(b) Church.
(c) His parents.
(d) Sundays.

5. In what year did the narrator begin dating Charlie?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did the narrator have an affair?

2. What is the name of the friend who was dating Jackie?

3. Who's single does Rob find in the record collection of "You Left the Water Running"?

4. What is the title of Chapter 1 of the introduction?

5. What was the name of Charlie's friend who said she wished she could find a guy like Rob?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rob end up sleeping with Marie? How does Rob feel about their interaction?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. What happens the morning after Rob sleeps with Marie?

7. Where are the narrator's parents when he goes to visit them? What does he do?

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

9. Why do Barry and Rob have a fight in Chapter 9?

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

(see the answer keys)

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