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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 song did Laura request to have played at the club where the narrator deejayed?
(a) "Blue Suede Shoes."
(b) "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
(c) "Got to Get You Off My Mind."
(d) "Twist and Shout."

2. Where did Ian live until six weeks ago in Chapter 5?
(a) With Rob.
(b) Below Rob.
(c) Above Rob.
(d) Two blocks from Rob.

3. Whom does the narrator say that Marie looks like?
(a) Dame Edna.
(b) Sarah Bernhardt.
(c) Susan Dey.
(d) Vivien Leigh.

4. The narrator says that in Bruce Springsteen songs you can either "stay and rot" or what?
(a) Fly and crash.
(b) Escape and burn.
(c) Leave and rot.
(d) Stay and burn.

5. What does Marie believe that sex is?
(a) A primal need.
(b) An atrocity.
(c) A human right.
(d) A justified response.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Laura's profession?

2. What does the narrator say he has always hated in Chapter 11?

3. In what year does Chapter 2 of the introduction take place?

4. Who does Marie bring onstage for her encore in Chapter 6?

5. How long have Rob and Laura lived together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the performer at the club do after her performance? How does the protagonist react?

2. Who comes to the shop on the Saturday after the main characters go to the pub? What happens?

3. What happens the morning after Rob sleeps with Marie?

4. What does the protagonist think when he sees the record collection of the woman who called? Why does she have the price she does for the collection?

5. What interaction does Barry have with a customer in the shop that angers Rob? How does he react?

6. How does the main character react to the pricing of the record collection?

7. What does Rob recall about how he met Laura? What song did she request?

8. Why do Barry and Rob have a fight in Chapter 9?

9. Who does the narrator describe as his biggest love and hardest breakup? How did their relationship begin and end?

10. Who is Laura? How long has the protagonist known her?

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