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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 is Laura's sister's name?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jessica.
(c) Jo.
(d) Emily.

2. What band does the narrator attribute to his falling for Rosie?
(a) The Rolling Stones.
(b) Cowboy Junkies.
(c) The Beatles.
(d) The Clash.

3. In what field is Charlie's occupation?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Painting.
(c) Music.
(d) Advertising.

4. How many funerals has the narrator been to in the past (before the one in the novel)?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

5. Where does Charlie live?
(a) West End.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Wales.
(d) Ladbroke Grove.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura say she threw at the after-funeral house as well?

2. What is Laura's mother's name?

3. What line does Rob refer to which Dick says is a song off a Richard Thompson album?

4. Who does the narrator meet at the beginning of Chapter 15?

5. Where has Charlie been away on business when she returns Rob's call?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rob's interaction with Alison Ashworth's parents?

2. How does the narrator feel seeing Laura after the funeral?

3. What does the protagonist ask about while out with his second girlfriend? How does she react?

4. Where does Rob go to hide from Laura after the funeral? What does she say to him?

5. Who does Rob attend the funeral with? How does he feel about it? What do they talk about on the ride there?

6. Why does Ian phone Rob? What is their conversation? How is Rob once it ends?

7. What does Liz tell Rob when she asks him out for a drink in Chapter 15?

8. What do the guys talk about at work regarding funeral music?

9. How is it for the protagonist to meet his second girlfriend? Where do they meet?

10. Who comes into the shop unannounced in Chapter 22? Why?

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