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

2. What does Karim realize is the most important thing to him?

3. How does Karim feel toward Eleanor after they sleep together?

4. Whose baby is Jamila pregnant with?

5. Where do Karim and Eleanor later discuss what happened at Pyke's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the relationship between Karim and Eleanor change in Part Two, Chapter Twelve?

2. How does Shadwell tell Karim to portray his character in The Jungle Book, and how does Karim react?

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

4. What sort of overall reception does the play receive?

5. How is Eleanor demonstrating a manipulative side by Part Two, Chapter Thirteen?

6. 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?

7. How do Karim and Haroon compare and reflect one another at the end of the novel?

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

9. How has Haroon and Eva's relationship changed by Part Two, Chapter Ten?

10. Who dies in Part Two, Chapter Fourteen, and how does he or she meet their demise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways did the author use Irony in The Buddha of Suburbia? Explain at least two instances of irony in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Haroon and Anwar's struggle with their identity as an Indian emigrant.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why it upset Karim so greatly to find out Charlie participated in bondage. What did that represent to Karim?

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