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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. Who is one of the women the narrator says he wishes "lived on his street"?

2. What does the narrator describe the man interested in the band flier as looking like?

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

4. Where does the narrator hide to avoid being seen by Laura after the funeral?

5. What does Rob constantly want to know from Laura after they're back together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens on Rob's birthday? Who calls?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss music as both a symbol and a theme in the novel. What does music symbolize to each of the main characters? How is it thematic to 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 Dick and Barry. How are they similar? How are they different? How does the journey of each character relate to the other?

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