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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. Near what water is the resort the narrator reports his parents visit?

2. Which of the following countries is represented among the medical students who observe the narrator’s treatment for syphilis?

3. Which of the following institutions does the narrator report Asha attended?

4. Which of the following does the narrator use to describe Asha’s skin tone (194)?

5. Where do the mittens the narrator wears after his syphilis treatment originate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What features does the narrator initially ascribe to Rind that mark him as Pakistani, rather than Indian?

2. What is the dream technique the narrator reports having learned from Moroni?

3. How does the narrator describe Mariam Meriha (137)?

4. What reasons does Moroni give to mistrust Freud? What reasons does she note to trust him?

5. What does the narrator report as shocking in his review of the transcripts of proceedings against Rind’s investment company?

6. What decorations are on the walls of the repair shop in Scranton?

7. Why does the narrator report being initially put at ease by the Pennsylvania state trooper who pulls him over?

8. What comments does the narrator claim to expect to receive from his parents after leaving the repair shop in Scranton?

9. What factors does the narrator cite as having broken him out of his wealth-induced laziness and indulgence?

10. What agencies does the narrator deny led to his wealth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator remarks that “Serious money was the only path to liberation from the indentured servitude of twenty-first-century lower- and middle-class American life” (153). Does the novel support or deny the remark? What in the text suggests it does or does not? How?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the following comment: “As ever, interpretation has more to do with the one interpreting than the one being interpreted” (25). Is the comment true or not? What in the novel and in experience suggests that it is or is not? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the comment that “To admit you were wrong meant to show weakness” (11). Is the comment correct? What in the novel and in experience indicates that it is / not? How does it do so?

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