The Buddha of Suburbia Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Buddha of Suburbia Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While being intimate with Helen, who is Karim thinking about?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Helen.
(c) Eva.
(d) His mind is blank.

2. How does Haroon get Karim to come talk with him and Eva in Part One, Chapter Six?
(a) He threatens to hurt Karim's mother.
(b) He offers him money.
(c) He says Helen will be there.
(d) He says Charlie will be there.

3. What does Haroon have to say about Jamila's marriage situation?
(a) He offers to marry her instead.
(b) He said she should stand up to her father and refuse the marriage.
(c) He gives a mystical response with dual meaning.
(d) He says she should obey her father's wishes and go through with it.

4. Who is Jeeta?
(a) Anwar's wife.
(b) Anwar's sister.
(c) Haroom's wife.
(d) Haroom's Aunt.

5. What is Karim's mother's name?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Eva.
(d) She is not named.

6. What activity does Haroom lead people in while speaking at Eva's house?
(a) Yoga.
(b) Name games to introduce people.
(c) Prayer.
(d) A question and answer period.

7. Who does Eva persuade to come work on her house in Part One, Chapter Eight?
(a) Jean.
(b) Ted.
(c) One of Karim's school friends.
(d) Charlie.

8. How are Karim and Charlie both feeling in the city at the beginning of Part Two, Chapter Nine?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Angry.
(d) In love.

9. While exercising to clear his mind, what does Karim find Haroon doing strangely?
(a) Speaking on a pay phone.
(b) Talking to a strange man.
(c) Purchasing something from a street vendor.
(d) Talking to a strange child.

10. Who does Changez ask to show him around town?
(a) Karim.
(b) Jamila.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Haroon.

11. Who does Karim stop to visit on his way to Jean's house in Part One, Chapter Three?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Haroon.
(c) Eva.
(d) Helen.

12. What happens between Karim and Charlie when they see a band together?
(a) Charlie hits on a girl right in front of Karim.
(b) Charlie ditches Karim and leaves with friends of the band.
(c) Karim and Charlie drink too much and get sick.
(d) Karim hits on a girl right in front of Charlie.

13. What does Helen suggest Karim do about Jamila's marriage situation?
(a) Offer to mary Jamila instead.
(b) Threaten to beat up the man Jamila is supposed to marry.
(c) Talk to Haroon.
(d) Help Jamila escape to another city.

14. What type of people attend Eva's party at her new flat?
(a) Artists and theater people.
(b) Teenagers.
(c) Friends of her parents.
(d) Friendly new neighbors.

15. Eva was the first person Haroon met who was interested in what?
(a) Science.
(b) Eastern Philosophy.
(c) War history.
(d) Fine dining.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decade does the novel begin in?

2. Who pays for the flat Jamila and Changez share?

3. In Part Two, Chapter Nine, Karim finds the city to be _________.

4. How does Changez actually act toward Karim at Eva's flat party?

5. Who gets a nosebleed at Eva's house?

(see the answer keys)

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