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1.	This movie frequently describes people by the things that give them pleasure and things that do not. What is not one of the things that Amelie’s father, Raphael, likes?
		peeling large strips of wallpaper
		lining up his shoes and polishing them
		emptying out his tool box, cleaning it thoroughly, then putting everything back in
		picking his nose when he thinks nobody is watching him

2.	And what is not one of the things Amelie’s mother, Amandine, explicitly dislikes?
		puckered fingers in the bath
		when a man is humiliated in front of his child
		having her hands touched by others
		pillow-marks on her face when she wakes up

3.	Unfortunately for young Amelie, her parents are distant people and her only friend is her goldfish. Adding insult to injury, the goldfish is:
		uncommunicative
		repressed
		narcoleptic
		suicidal

4.	A neighbour convinces Amelie that every time she takes a photo with her camera, an accident happens. When she discovers the truth, how does she get her revenge?
		by disassembling his bathroom doorknob and putting it back the other way round
		by slipping large amounts of salt into his brandy decanter
		by repeatedly unplugging the TV antenna while he is watching a soccer game
		by setting his alarm for 4 a.m.

5.	Sadly, Amandine is killed when she is struck by a tourist from Quebec who has flung herself from the top of:
		Notre Dame Cathedral
		the Arc de Triomphe
		the Eiffel Tower
		the Centre Georges Pompidou

6.	Now grown up, Amelie has a job as a waitress at a bar in Montmartre, the:
		Café des Deux Magots
		Café des Deux Moulins
		Café des Deux Fleurs
		Café des Deux Oiseaux

7.	Suzanne, the owner of the café, used to be:
		a lounge singer
		a circus performer
		a mime
		an exotic dancer

8.	Georgette, the tobacconist at the café, is a:
		kleptomaniac
		claustrophobe
		hypochondriac
		hoarder

9.	Joseph is the former lover of Gina, another waitress at the café. Aside from spying on her, the only thing he likes is:
		cracking his fingers
		watching sportsmen who cry from disappointment
		popping the bubbles of plastic wrappings
		seeing bullfighters get gored

10.	Amelie finds that boyfriends do not live up to expectations. However she enjoyed all sorts of simple pleasures, not including:
		dipping her hand into sacks of grain
		cracking the crust of crème brulée with a teaspoon
		walking barefoot on fluffy rugs
		skipping stones on the Canal Saint-Martin

11.	Amelie still shelters in solitude and asks herself silly questions about the world or about the town. For example, how many couples are having an orgasm right now?
		eight
		ten
		fifteen
		twenty-three

12.	Amelie’s shock at the death of Lady Di leads to the discovery of:
		a cache of ancient love letters
		a treasure that had been hidden by a little boy
		a hidden murder confession
		a collection of marbles

13.	Obviously the little boy is now grown up, and Amelie revolves to track him down. After a bit of legwork, she learns his name is:
		Quincampoix
		Collignon
		Bretodeau
		Poulain

14.	Raymond Dufayel, known as “the Glass Man” because of his brittle bones, paints a new version of what painting every year?
		Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Renoir
		The Luncheon on the Grass, by Manet
		The Dance Class, by Dégas
		Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Le Grande Jatte, by Seurat

15.	Bretodeau cooks a chicken every Tuesday. After carving it, he cleans up the bones with his fingers, starting with:
		the wings
		the wishbone
		the oyster
		the parson’s nose

16.	At several points in the film, Amelie is seen collecting:
		paper clips, for adding to a chain
		smooth rocks, for skipping on water
		brightly coloured rubber bands, for adding to a ball
		stamps that have pictures of dogs on them

17.	At various points in his life, Nino has collected all but which of the following?
		photographs of footprints in fresh cement
		discarded photos from passport photo booths
		tape recordings of peoples’ funny laughs
		telephone numbers from bathroom walls

18.	Seeing two lonely people, Amelie acts as a secret matchmaker for Joseph and:
		Georgette, the tobacconist
		Philomene, the air hostess
		Suzanne, the café owner
		Gina, the waitress

19.	Amelie plays a series of practical jokes on the bullying grocer, Mr Collignon, which does not include:
		swapping his toothpaste with foot cream
		replacing his slippers with identical but smaller slippers
		stealing his garden gnome, smashing it and mailing him the pieces one at a time
		putting the Psychiatric Hotline on his speed dial

20.	Amelie’s father receives a series of photos from all over the world featuring:
		his somewhat racist lamp
		his goldfish
		his garden gnome
		his wife’s music box

21.	Amelie has found Nino’s photo album. She calls up his workplace to return it, only to be asked:
		if she loves the Good Lord Jesus
		it she will be buying more than four ounces
		if she will be bringing her own camel
		if she is over 18, and shaved

22.	In addition to his job at Palace Video, King of Porn, Nino has another job at the fun fair:
		candy floss maker
		shooting range operator
		skeleton in a haunted house
		carousel operator

23.	Amelie arranges to return the photo album to Nino at:
		the Louvre
		the Sacre-Coeur Basilica
		Père Lachaise Cemetery
		the Luxembourg Gardens

24.	In her imagination, why does Amelie say that Collignon the grocer will never be a vegetable?
		because artichokes have hearts
		because lettuce have brains
		because cauliflowers have heads
		because onions have brighter bulbs

25.	Another of Amelie’s guardian angel schemes is directed at her landlady, Madame Walace. Which is it?
		a series of videos left under her doormat
		a collection of photos from her glory days as a ballerina
		a fake letter from her now-dead ex-husband seeking reconciliation
		a visit from a handsome plumber to fix her pipes

26.	Nino is late for Amelie’s plan to reveal the mystery man who appears repeatedly in Nino’s album. Amelie can think of two explanations: that he didn’t find her picture and:
		he was taken hostage
		he was in an accident and got amnesia
		he became a muhajadeen fighter
		all of the above

27.	The mystery man in Nino’s photo album is:
		afraid of being forgotten
		obsessed by the fear of getting old
		a ghost, who appears after the film has been developed
		the passport photo booth repairman

28.	Nino seeks Gina’s help in meeting Amelie. Gina thinks he cannot be a bad person because he knows about:
		world capitals
		proverbs
		scenes from romantic movies
		how to please a lady

29.	Amelie and Nino are together, and making out. Who is watching them through the video camera?
		the Glass Man
		Lucien, the grocer’s assistant
		Suzanne, the café owner
		Mr. Collignon, the grocer

30.	And everyone is happy, even Hipolito the failed writer. Why?
		he receives a letter from a magazine agreeing to publish his story
		he sees an attributed quote of his graffittied on a wall
		he sees a signed copy of his manuscript for sale in a collectibles store window
		he is going to write Amelie’s story