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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Chris die from?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) A car accident.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A drowning accident.

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

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

8. How does Changez feel his colleagues view the change in his appearance when he returns to New York from Lahore?
(a) With consternation.
(b) With exuberance.
(c) With indifference.
(d) With sadness.

9. What movie does the footage of American soldiers in Afghanistan remind Changez of?
(a) Terminator.
(b) Heliport.
(c) Saw.
(d) Dune.

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

11. Who is the head of the company Changez evaluates in Chapter 10?
(a) Jose.
(b) Jordeo.
(c) Frederica.
(d) Juan-Bautista.

12. What does Changez not like about the person sitting next to him on the plane to Lahore in Chapter 8?
(a) He drinks too much.
(b) He wants to talk about 9/11.
(c) He takes his shoes off.
(d) He wants to talk about family the whole trip.

13. How does Erica become injured in Chapter 6?
(a) Hiking.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Tae Kwon Do.

14. How does Changez feel about returning to New York in Chapter 9?
(a) He only wants to go back to the United States so he can ask Erica to marry him.
(b) He does not want to leave Lahore.
(c) He is desperate to get back to the United States.
(d) He only wants to go back to the United States to see Jim again.

15. What does Erica's mother suggest doing in the aftermath of 9/11?
(a) Taking a vacation.
(b) Getting a new job.
(c) Moving permanently.
(d) Leaving the city for a while.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erica want to celebrate in Chapter 6 with Changez?

2. What does Changez say he was caught up in in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks?

3. What does Erica say to Changez after they have sex in Chapter 7?

4. What does Erica want to show Changez in Chapter 6 that is intimate?

5. What does Changez tell Erica to do when they have sex for the second time?

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