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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month is it when Miss Pratt asks H.H. to come for a talk to discuss Lolita’s progress in school in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) December.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) May.

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

3. H.H. describes finding over twenty-four dollars hoarded by Lolita in a hole in the wall behind what painting in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) Starry Night.
(b) The Mona Lisa.
(c) Whistler's Mother.
(d) Water Lillies.

4. Where do H.H. and Lolita stay in a two-room cabin in Elphinstone in Part 2, Chapter 22?
(a) Silver Spur Court.
(b) Emerald Bay Court.
(c) Diamond Lake Court.
(d) Golden Spike Court.

5. Where does H.H. describe seeing a “boulder, with a plaque, in memory of the author of “Trees” in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Poplar Cove, North Carolina.
(b) Maple Hill, Pennsylvania.
(c) Pine Point, Maine.
(d) Birch Knoll, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Lolita’s school friends is described in Part 2, Chapter 9 as “a plump lateral child with hairy legs”?

2. To whom does Miss Pratt say Lolita is “impossibly rude” in Part 2, Chapter 11?

3. H.H. says he and Lolita were “somewhere between Snow and” what town when they got a flat in Part 2, Chapter 19?

4. What are the “four D’s” that are stressed at the girl’s school where Lolita begins studying in Part 2, Chapter 4?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vladimir Nabokov demonstrate irony in Part 2, Chapter 2?

2. What does H.H. describe about his and Lolita’s experiences at the cinema in Part 2, Chapter 3?

3. Where does H.H. meet the character named Rita in Part 2? How does he describe their relationship?

4. What mysterious incident takes place involving a phone call to H.H. in Part 2, Chapter 21?

5. What does H.H. surmise about the play that Lolita is performing in, in Part 2, Chapter 13?

6. How does H.H. describe his motivations for writing down this information in Part 2, Chapter 2? What does he describe?

7. What events does H.H. describe during the period surrounding Lolita’s birthday in Part 2, Chapter 12?

8. What does H.H. learn from the hospital regarding Lolita’s departure and location in Part 2, Chapter 22? How does he respond?

9. What does Miss Pratt advise H.H. regarding his stepdaughter’s sexual education in Part 2, Chapter 11?

10. How does H.H. characterize his neighbors in Beardsley in Part 2, Chapter 4? What relationship does he carry on with these characters?

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