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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 does Barry want to put up in the shop, which Rob refuses?
2. Who does Laura suggest will give Rob a lift to the funeral?
3. What does Laura say she threw at the after-funeral house as well?
4. Where does Laura phone Rob from on his birthday?
5. Where does the narrator hide to avoid being seen by Laura after the funeral?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rob finally ask Charlie at the end of the night at her house? What does she reply?
2. Who does Rob attend the funeral with? How does he feel about it? What do they talk about on the ride there?
3. Who is Jackie? Why does Rob go to see her? What does he learn there?
4. Who are Paul and Miranda? What happens when Rob meets them?
5. What happens to make Rob walk out after the funeral?
6. What happens when Laura comes to move her things out? How long does this take?
7. Why does Laura call Rob in Chapter 25? What does she ask him?
8. What does Liz tell Rob when she asks him out for a drink in Chapter 15?
9. Who comes into the shop unannounced in Chapter 22? Why?
10. How does the narrator feel seeing Laura after the funeral?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the characters of Laura and Marie. How are they similar? How are they different? What about each of them compels the narrator? What is the difference in his interactions with both?
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