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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. What does Changez think of the manmade light in the market and cafe?
(a) It is unnecessary.
(b) It is theatrical.
(c) It is beautiful.
(d) It is intimate.

2. What kind of sweets come with the tea for Changez and the American Stranger?
(a) Jalebis.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Donuts.
(d) Beignets.

3. What problem does Erica's father say Pakistan has when Changez goes to his house for dinner?
(a) Climate change.
(b) Energy.
(c) Lack of educational opportunities.
(d) Fundamentalism.

4. In Chapter 5, what begins to appear in the air above the square?
(a) Insects.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Planes.
(d) Bats.

5. What language besides English does Changez speak and write?
(a) Urdu.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the locals in Lahore treasure, according to Changez, in Chapter 3?

2. What does Changez wear to his first dinner at Erica's house?

3. When does Changez find himself staring at the girl he likes?

4. Who does Changez see as his competition for the girl he likes in Chapter 2?

5. What does the girl Changez likes tell Changez she is afraid of in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Changez think of Erica's apartment and family when he first visits them in Part II?

2. How does Changez feel when he first starts work at Underwood Samson?

3. What assumption does Jim make about Changez during their first meeting that is incorrect?

4. What does Jim from Underwood Samson tell Changez he thinks they have in common at their first meeting?

5. How does Underwood Samson assess its new recruits?

6. Where does Changez take Wainwright after drinking in Part II, and why?

7. By the end of Part II, what does Changez think about the way Jim is treating him?

8. Why does Jim tell Changez he has decided to hire him?

9. How does Changez feel arriving in the Philippines for his first Underwood Samson assignment?

10. What worries the American Stranger at the beginning of his conversation with Changez in Part I, and how does Changez respond?

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