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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. H.H. describes inspecting “a collection of European hotel picture post cards in a museum devoted to hobbies” at a resort where, in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Florida.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Mississippi.

2. At what motel office does H.H. discover Lolita’s kidnapper has written his entry as “Dr. Gratiano Forbeson, Mirandola, NY” in Part 2, Chapter 23?
(a) Shooting Star Lodge.
(b) Ponderosa Lodge.
(c) Dogwood Lodge.
(d) Sequoia Lodge.

3. Who examines Lolita when she catches “a bad chill” in Part 2, Chapter 12?
(a) Dr. Ilse Tristramson.
(b) Dr. Quilty.
(c) Dr. Byron.
(d) Dr. Blue.

4. To whom does Miss Pratt say Lolita is “defiant” in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Miss Redcock.
(b) Miss Cormorant.
(c) Miss Gold.
(d) Miss Molar.

5. H.H. says that on his cross-country adventure with Lolita from August 1947 to August 1948, they avoided Florida because who were there in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) John and Jean Farlow.
(b) Michael and Andrew Smith.
(c) Mark and Michelle Anderson.
(d) Lolita's grandparents.

6. What “ghost town in New Mexico, where bad man Russian Bill was colorfully hanged seventy years ago” does H.H. describe visiting with Lolita in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) William’s Flat.
(c) Dunsmuir.
(d) Montague.

7. The narrator describes a “man having a lavish epileptic fit on the ground” where, in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Russian Gulch State Park.
(b) Boulder Canyon State Park.
(c) Boulder Rapids State Park.
(d) Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

8. How much does H.H. say his “little concubine” weighs now in Part 2, Chapter 15?
(a) 68 pounds.
(b) 97 pounds.
(c) 107 pounds.
(d) 90 pounds.

9. The character Vivian Darkbloom described in Part 2, Chapter 18 is an anagram for whose name?
(a) John Farlow's.
(b) Dr. Ilse Tristramson’s.
(c) Charlie Holmes'.
(d) John Galsworthy’s.

10. What is ART described as standing for in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Aerobic Relay Therapy.
(b) Automatic Radio Transmition.
(c) Artistic Research Theatre.
(d) American Refrigerator Transit.

11. Inside of what book of Lolita’s does H.H. say he once discovered eight one-dollar notes in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) Treasure Island.
(b) Robinson Crusoe.
(c) Frankenstein.
(d) Don Quixote.

12. The narrator states in Part 2, Chapter 1 that after zig-zagging across the country with Lolita from August 1947 to August 1948, they eventually petered out and settled in what college town?
(a) Abilene.
(b) Beardsley.
(c) Ramsdale.
(d) Briceland.

13. Who does Miss Pratt say thinks Lolita is “myopic and should see a good ophthalmologist” in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Miss Molar.
(b) Miss Cormorant.
(c) Miss Gold.
(d) Miss Redcock.

14. How many hotels, motels and tourist homes does H.H. say he stayed in as he tracked Lolita and her kidnapper in Part 2, Chapter 23?
(a) 220
(b) 125
(c) 342
(d) 277

15. How far does H.H. say he drove to buy books for Lolita while she was hospitalized in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) 12 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 45 miles.
(d) 60 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man who rents H.H. his home in Part 2, Chapter 4 is a teacher of what at the local college?

2. Who is the “fadedly feminine” English professor that lives with Miss Lester, according to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 5?

3. What does H.H. describe Lolita’s weekly allowance at the end of “the Beardsley era” in Part 2, Chapter 7?

4. When H.H. asks Lolita’s school friend about what kind of boys Lolita knows in Part 2, Chapter 9, the girl replies that they are rivals for whose affections?

5. Which of Lolita’s school friends is described by H.H. as “a displaced little person from France” in Part 2, Chapter 9?

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