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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Changez tell Erica to do when they have sex for the second time?
(a) Think of herself as a dolphin.
(b) Tell him to stop if she wants to stop.
(c) Pretend he is Chris.
(d) Think of herself on a beach somewhere.

2. Where does Changez see Erica again after the second time they have sex?
(a) At Erica's apartment.
(b) At her apartment.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) At a gallery.

3. What does the stranger in the parking lot of the cable company call Changez?
(a) A "wingnut."
(b) A "fucking Arab."
(c) A "skib."
(d) A "moot."

4. What does the American Stranger keep being distracted by in Chapter 8?
(a) His notepad.
(b) His keys.
(c) His cell phone.
(d) His gun.

5. What does Changez ask the American Stranger in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) What part of America he is from.
(b) Whether he is carrying a gun.
(c) Where he went to college.
(d) What brings him to Lahore and other questions about himself.

6. What does Changez say he was caught up in in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks?
(a) The sadness of them.
(b) The suspicion surrounding them.
(c) The symbolism of them.
(d) The anger surrounding them.

7. What does 9/11 seem to bring up for Erica?
(a) Feelings of failure about her future.
(b) A renewed push to go back to school to finish her degree.
(c) Thoughts about Chris.
(d) A renewed push to finish her novel.

8. What does Changez eat after having sex with Erica?
(a) Burgers.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Bread and water.
(d) Peanut butter.

9. What happens to Changez and his colleagues when they assess the cable company in New Jersey?
(a) Changez gets hurt in the building.
(b) They can not complete the assignment.
(c) The workers there try to sabotage their assessment.
(d) Changez quits in the middle of the assignment.

10. What does Changez use to threaten the stranger who calls him an epithet in Chapter 8?
(a) A hand weight.
(b) A knife.
(c) A tire iron.
(d) A gun.

11. What does Changez's mother do when he comes to the house to visit at first?
(a) Twirls a hundred-rupee note around his head.
(b) Makes him sleep outside.
(c) Gives him malaria medication.
(d) Feeds him only bread and chocolate.

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

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

14. What scent do Changez and The American Stranger smell in Chapter 6?
(a) Orange.
(b) Rose.
(c) Jasmine.
(d) Hibiscus.

15. Where does Changez have a scar left by surgery?
(a) His elbow.
(b) His eye.
(c) His knee.
(d) His hand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Changez's brother clean in Chapter 9 while Changez is visiting?

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

4. What does Changez remember seeing everywhere in the aftermath of 9/11?

5. Where does Jim send Changez for his second foreign assignment?

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