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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. How does Eva and Haroon's relationship begin to change after they move to the city?
(a) They break up.
(b) It is a bit more strained.
(c) They start seeing a counselor.
(d) They are more in love than ever.

2. Overall, the production of Karim's play is _________.
(a) Recieved with mixed reviews.
(b) A failure.
(c) Successful.
(d) Amature.

3. What do Karim and Eleanor ultimately do about Pyke's invitation?
(a) Accept.
(b) Reschedule.
(c) Decline.
(d) Suggest something different.

4. Who is Heater?
(a) Pyke's friend.
(b) Eleanor's friend.
(c) Jon's friend.
(d) Carol's friend.

5. What does Pyke tell Karim happened to Eleanor's last boyfriend?
(a) He died in a car accident.
(b) He skipped town and no one has heard from him since.
(c) He died in an accident at work.
(d) He killed himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Karim asks Eleanor for money, per Terry's request?

2. When Karim returns to London in the final chapter, the country is on the brink of a political decision between two extremes--the _________ revolution or the rise of the Right.

3. Who does Karim get in a physical fight with at the end of Part Two, Chapter Fifteen?

4. Pyke receives an offer for a theater in which city to take the show there?

5. How does Karim feel about Terry initially?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Karim decide to create his second character for the acting troupe assignment on, and what dilemma does that bring about?

2. How has Charlie been influenced by punk?

3. What does Pyke open up to Karim about in Part Two, Chapter Twelve, and what surprising offer does he make?

4. What emotional interaction occurs between Terry and Karim, spurred by Karim's opportunity to go to America?

5. Under what pretense does Matthew Pyke enter the story?

6. After returning to London, in what ways does Karim realize he is finally an adult?

7. What acts of violent intolerance and racism occur in Part Two, Chapter Fifteen?

8. After Karim and Charlie have lived together a few months in New York, what two things about Charlie make Karim want to get away from him?

9. How does Jamila react to the death in Part Two, Chapter Thirteen?

10. What does joining Pyke's acting troupe help Karim to realize about social class?

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