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BBC TRIVIA NIGHT: HEART THE LOVER BY LILY KING
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1. Which character does Jordan initially date during her senior year of college?
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A
Sam
B
Yash
C
Silas
D
Ivan
2. What is the name of the professor's house where Sam and Yash live on sabbatical?
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A
Cliffside
B
Breach
C
Gables End
D
The Cloisters
3. What is the name of the fictional card game the three characters obsessively play?
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Black Maria
B
King of Hearts
C
Double Pedro
D
Sir Hincomb Funnibuster
4. What is the main reason Sam and Jordan permanently break up during their senior year of college?
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A
Jordan discovers that Sam has secretly been cheating on her with his ex-girlfriend, Valerie.
B
Their relationship fractures over deep ideological and religious differences, culminating in a physical altercation at a senior dance.
C
Sam decides to drop out of university to pursue a missionary assignment in Atlanta.
D
Jordan realizes she is in love with Sam's roommate, Yash, and leaves Sam to be with him.
5. What makes Jordan realize her connection with Yash is completely different from her past relationship with Sam?
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A
Yash is more ambitious about their future together in New York than Sam ever was.
B
Yash was physically more her type and that was extremely important to her.
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With Yash, she feels at ease and can simply be herself, without having to perform or prove anything.
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Yash was the first person to push her to pursue her dreams of being a writer.
6. Why does Jordan move to Paris after graduating from college?
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To attend a prestigious graduate program in creative writing.
B
To work as an au pair and experience life abroad.
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To escape her family and pursue a professional golf career.
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To run away with Yash and start a life together in France.
7. Why does Jordan earn the nickname "The Mailman" (
Le Facteur
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A
She takes a part-time job delivering local post to earn extra money.
B
She routinely loses the mail meant for the French family she works for.
C
She writes and self-publishes a local zine that she distributes by hand.
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She is constantly lurking by the mailbox and obsessively waiting for Yash's letters.
8. After their argument in Paris about being long-distance, what does Jordan say to Yash?
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“I’m tired of missing you.”
B
“I can’t keep waiting for you to decide.”
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“I’m tired of explaining us to Sam.”
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“I should have stayed in New York."
9. Why do Yash and Jordan's plans to move to New York City together fall apart, ending their relationship?
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A
Jordan changes her mind and decides to stay in Paris permanently to work as an au pair.
B
They arrive in New York but break up after a massive fight over their shared apartment's high rent.
C
Yash is paralyzed by financial panic and parental pressure, leading him to stand Jordan up at the airport and flee to Atlanta.
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Sam tracks them down in New York and convinces Yash to leave Jordan out of loyalty to their old friendship.
10. True or False: Sam was the reason why Yash didn't want to move in together with Jordan when she moved to back to New York?
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True
B
False
11. Decades later, what specific crisis brings the past crashing back into Jordan's adult life?
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A
Breach House is being demolished.
B
Yash receives a terminal cancer diagnosis.
C
Sam publishes a tell-all memoir about them.
D
Her long-lost manuscript is discovered.
12. During hospital rounds late in the book, what do the doctors mistakenly call Jordan?
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A
Yash's sister.
B
Yash's literary agent.
C
Yash's wife.
D
Yash's boss.
13. What has Jordan kept from Yash for decades, until she tells him in the hospital?
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A
She had a daughter with Yash and gave her up for adoption.
B
She realised that she was in love with Sam.
C
She never wanted the life she built with her husband.
D
She had been writing a novel about the three of them.
14. How is the relationship between Sam and Jordan in the hospital?
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A
Sam still acts cold and angry towards her.
B
They avoid each other completely and barely speak.
C
Sam says that hes still in love with her.
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Sam apologises to Jordan and they find closure.
15. What is the shocking revelation about the main character that is revealed at the end of the novel?
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A
Yash faked his illness to see her.
B
Sam and Yash were secretly brothers.
C
The entire college experience was a dream.
D
The narrator's real name is Casey Peabody.
16. Bonus Question: Jordan loses her great love but builds a life she treasures. What does the book leave you thinking about love and the lives we end up with?
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