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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What couple in H.H. and Charlotte’s neighborhood has a “hysterical setter” that frequently chases cars?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Fabian.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Junk.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Darkbloom.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Schiller.

2. To what doctor does H.H. go to obtain sleeping medication in Part 1, Chapter 22?
(a) Dr. Byron.
(b) Dr. Blue.
(c) Dr. Tristramson.
(d) Dr. Quilty.

3. What does H.H. tell Lolita the blue pills are that he pretends to take in Part 1, Chapter 27?
(a) Vitamin K.
(b) Vitamin A.
(c) Vitamin X.
(d) Vitamin D.

4. Where does H.H. hear that the McCoos have a room to rent in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Ramsdale.
(b) Independent.
(c) Kasbeam.
(d) Briceland.

5. In the final line of Part 1, Chapter 1, the narrator addresses the “ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” saying “Look at this tangle of” what?
(a) “Thorns.”
(b) “Lies.”
(c) “Contradiction.”
(d) “Fangs.”

6. How many years her senior does Charlotte Haze say her late husband was in Part 1, Chapter 16?
(a) 16
(b) 20
(c) 9
(d) 4

7. The narrator states in Part 1, Chapter 25, “Oh, Lolita, you are my girl, as” who “was Poe’s”?
(a) “Vee.”
(b) “Venus.”
(c) “Annabel Lee.”
(d) “Charlotte.”

8. The narrator claims in Part 1, Chapter 11 that the “median age of pubescence for girls has been found to be thirteen years and nine months in New York and” what city?
(a) “San Francisco.”
(b) “Miami.”
(c) “Chicago.”
(d) “Detroit.”

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

10. Who comes down to the lake to paint as H.H. and Charlotte are laying in the “private beach” area in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Elizabeth Talbot.
(b) Charlie Holmes.
(c) Jerome Dunn.
(d) Jean Farlow.

11. How old is Charlotte Haze described as being in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Mid-20s.
(b) Late-20s.
(c) Late-40s.
(d) Mid-30s.

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

13. Why is H.H. unable to stay at the McCoos’ home in Part 1, Chapter 10?
(a) Mr. McCoo has been arrested.
(b) H.H.'s mother forbids it.
(c) Their house has been flooded.
(d) Their house burned down.

14. Valeria tells H.H. that she has another man in her life who is an ex-colonel from where?
(a) Spain.
(b) Russia.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

15. 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?
(a) 1912
(b) 1924
(c) 1931
(d) 1919

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 29, H.H. says that “by six she was wide awake” and by what time were they “technically lovers”?

2. What was the name of H.H.’s aunt who served as a kind of governess and housekeeper to him?

3. The accident that killed Charlotte has only been reported in what newspaper, according to the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 25?

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

5. What does H.H. describe Lolita’s weight as being when he is purchasing new clothes for her in Part 1, Chapter 25?

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