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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. How much money does the woman ask for the record collection?

2. What term does the narrator use to denote kissing?

3. What music does Marie put on in the morning with the narrator?

4. Who is number one on the list of "Top five memorable breakups"?

5. What is the name of the man who Laura is staying with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the final woman on Rob's list? How did their relationship come about?

3. What "astonishing" thing happens at the shop regarding "The Sid James Experience?"

4. What does the narrator do in times of trouble? How does this console him?

5. What does Rob ask Laura about Ian in Chapter 10? What does she respond?

6. Where are the narrator's parents when he goes to visit them? What does he do?

7. Where does the protagonist work? How does he describe this place?

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

9. What does Rob ask Laura when they meet at a pub in Chapter 14? What does she reply?

10. Who is Dick? Describe this character.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Laura and Marie. How are they similar? How are they different? What about each of them compels the narrator? What is the difference in his interactions with both?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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