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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Laura's sister's name?

2. Who has a dog named Dizzy after Dizzy Gillespie?

3. What color hair does Charlie have?

4. Who does Laura suggest will give Rob a lift to the funeral?

5. What does the narrator do for his birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Laura call Rob in Chapter 25? What does she ask him?

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

3. What does Rob remark about the times after he and Laura got back together in Chapter 29?

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

5. What happens when Laura comes to move her things out? How long does this take?

6. Who stops outside the shop to look at a flier? Why does he speak to Barry?

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

8. Where does Rob meet Sarah? What happens while they are out together?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of love and relationships in High Fidelity. How does this theme apply to all of the characters? How does it drive forward the action of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the phrase, spoken by the narrator, "What you like is more important than what you are like." What does this phrase mean? How does it apply to the novel? Is the character proved right or wrong by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of stagnancy versus progress in High Fidelity. How does this theme apply to the protagonist? How does it apply to the other characters? Give examples from the text.

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