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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Changez notice on his flight back to New York City?
(a) How many Americans are on the flight.
(b) How so many passengers are around his age.
(c) How many women there are on the flight.
(d) How many other men have beards.

2. What does Changez's mother tell him to do before he leaves Lahore for America?
(a) Leave at least one suitcase with her.
(b) Shave his beard.
(c) Take a gun.
(d) Pack a lot of money.

3. What does Changez think of Erica when he sees her again for the first time after they have sex?
(a) She looks happier than ever before.
(b) She looks confident.
(c) She looks much older and has gained a lot of weight.
(d) She looks very ill.

4. What kind of car did Changez used to drive as a youth in Lahore?
(a) A Toyota Corolla.
(b) A Hyundai.
(c) A Chevy.
(d) A Saturn.

5. What artwork does Changez notice in Jim's apartment in Chapter 8?
(a) An authentic Rembrandt.
(b) Works depicting naked men.
(c) An authentic Monet.
(d) Works depicting rivers.

6. What does Changez remember seeing everywhere in the aftermath of 9/11?
(a) Headbands.
(b) Bracelets.
(c) Flags.
(d) Diamonds.

7. What does Erica want to show Changez in Chapter 6 that is intimate?
(a) Her bruise.
(b) Her wedding picture with Chris.
(c) Her nose ring.
(d) Her amputation.

8. What does Erica say to Changez after they have sex in Chapter 7?
(a) She needs to go to the hospital.
(b) He is a mean person.
(c) She loves him.
(d) He is a kind person.

9. In Chapter 7, what does Chagnez tell the American Stranger shocks him looking back on his time in America?
(a) The depth of his love for Jennifer.
(b) The hostility of his colleagues towards him.
(c) The size of his salary.
(d) The power of his blinders.

10. How does Changez describe often feeling towards Erica in Chapter 6?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Angry.
(c) Protective.
(d) Indifferent.

11. What does the American Stranger ask Changez about the waiter in Chapter 8?
(a) Whether he speaks English.
(b) Whether he is wearing a kurta.
(c) Whether he is praying.
(d) Whether he will serve chicken or lamb.

12. What does Changez think after he and Erica try to have sex for the first time?
(a) This will be the end of their relationship.
(b) Her body has rejected his.
(c) He will ask her to marry him.
(d) She really loves him.

13. When does Erica cry for the first time in front of Changez?
(a) When she says she was engaged to Chris.
(b) When he yells at her.
(c) When he tells her how he really feels about 9/11.
(d) When they try to have sex.

14. What does Changez feel a "murmur of reproach" from in the aftermath of 9/11?
(a) The fire trucks.
(b) The sirens that still wail in the city.
(c) The bouquets, pictures, and remembrances of the victims.
(d) The dust cloud over the lower part of the city.

15. What does Changez feel he is doing in New York, where the opposite is happening to his family in Lahore?
(a) Moving up in the world, whereas they are moving down.
(b) Making friends, whereas they are losing friends.
(c) Educating himself, whereas they are becoming more ignorant.
(d) Doing meaningful work, whereas they are doing mundane work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the American Stranger ask about dinner in Chapter 9?

2. What does Changez use to threaten the stranger who calls him an epithet in Chapter 8?

3. What kind of charm does Changez think his apartment might have?

4. What delicacy does Changez remember fondly to the American Stranger in Chapter 6?

5. What kind of company does Changez evaluate in Chapter 10?

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