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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 the name of Charlie's friend whom she thinks Rob will like?

2. What color hair does Charlie have?

3. Where does the narrator go with Marie to see T-Bone play in Chapter 20?

4. What original cast recording had Rob found for Laura's father?

5. What does the narrator wonder whether he likes it because he's unhappy or if he's unhappy because he likes it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to make Rob walk out after the funeral?

3. What is Rob's experience at Charlie's house?

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

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

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

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

8. Who does Rob convince to go out on the night of his birthday? What is this group like?

9. What does Rob finally ask Charlie at the end of the night at her house? What does she reply?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of death and dying in High Fidelity. How does the death of Laura's father create a transition in the protagonist? How does the revelation of death interact with the narrator's fears of relationships?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of Idolization and Reality. How does this theme apply to High Fidelity? How does the theme reflect the main character? How do idolization and reality intercede with the other major themes of the novel?

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