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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Changez's physical disability?
(a) He has a fake leg.
(b) He has severe arthritus.
(c) He has a withered arm.
(d) He has a disfigured ear.

2. What does Charlie do at the end of Part One, Chapter Eight?
(a) Breaks up his band and disappears.
(b) Writes and performs a new hit song.
(c) Yells at Karim and threatens to beat him up.
(d) Kisses Karim.

3. Where are Helen and Karim quickly intimate at the end of Part One, Chapter Five?
(a) An alley.
(b) The park.
(c) Karim's room.
(d) Helen's room.

4. Where did Haroon grow up?
(a) England.
(b) Africa.
(c) Bombay.
(d) Morocco.

5. What role did Karim audition for and get in Part Two, Chapter Nine?
(a) Simba in 'The Lion King.'
(b) Baloo the bear in 'The Jungle Book.'
(c) Scar in the 'The Lion King.'
(d) Mowgli in 'The Jungle Book.'

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Karim asks Margaret to draw him?

2. What insulting word does Karim call Charlie in Part One, Chapter Eight?

3. Why were Haroon and Anwar sent to England?

4. What does Changez say about Anwar in Part Two, Chapter Nine?

5. What is Haroom and Karim's relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two ways Karim shows compassion or concern for others in Part One, Chapter Six?

2. Where does Karim find Charlie during Haroon's speech in Part One, Chapter Three, and what is different about Charlie?

3. What aspects in Part One, Chapter Four reveal details of Indian culture.

4. What exchanges occur between Karim and Helen in Part One, Chapter Three?

5. How do Margaret and Ted each demonstrate the theme of 'identity' in Part One, Chapter Seven?

6. What scene does Karim witness while cycling in Part One, Chapter Five?

7. How does Changez view the English society when he arrives?

8. How is the theme of 'life as an immigrant' displayed in Part One, Chapter Five?

9. How is Karim introduced to readers?

10. What attitude of racism is foreshadowed in Part One, Chapter One?

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