1. The narrator says in Part 1, Chapter 2 that his mother was an English girl and the daughter of what alpinist?
(a) Jerome Dunn.
(b) Gustave Trapp.
(c) Charlie Holmes.
(d) John Galsworthy.

2. In what year did H.H.’s father send him to a lycée in Lyon?
(a) 1937
(b) 1907
(c) 1914
(d) 1923

3. What is the name of Charlotte Haze’s late husband and Lolita’s father in the novel?
(a) John Galsworthy.
(b) Richard Schiller.
(c) Harold E. Haze.
(d) Gaston Godin.

4. Lolita tells H.H. in Part 1, Chapter 11 that Ginny McCoo nearly died of what?
(a) Leishmaniasis.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Filariasis.
(d) Polio.

5. What drink does H.H. pour for Charlotte because she “could never resist” it, after her confrontation with him in Part 1, Chapter 22?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Rum.

Short Answer Questions

1. H.H. says it was June of what year when a “stray canary had fluttered into [Annabel’s] house and mine, in two widely separated countries” in Part 1, Chapter 4?

2. What is the name of the dentist that Mrs. Haze uses that is also her neighbor in Part 1, Chapter 14?

3. Who telephones H.H. to tell him that Charlotte has been killed in Part 1, Chapter 22?

4. In what year does Lolita turn 12 in Part 1, Chapter 19?

5. The narrator describes Lolita as standing how tall “in one sock” in Part 1, Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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