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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 kind of company does Changez assess in Manila?
(a) A music record business.
(b) A publishing house.
(c) A cable company.
(d) A pet food company.

2. What do Pakistanis take great pride in, according to Changez?
(a) Their flowers.
(b) Their food.
(c) Their dancing.
(d) The architecture.

3. What seemingly involuntary reaction does the American Stranger make to Changez's story about his last night in Manila?
(a) He makes a fist.
(b) He glares.
(c) He faints.
(d) He coughs.

4. Where does Changez travel for his first trip abroad for his company?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) India.
(c) Spain.
(d) Chile.

5. What kind of phone does the American Stranger have?
(a) A n iPhone.
(b) A small, texting-only phone.
(c) He does not have a phone.
(d) A fancy satellite phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the attractive girls wearing outside the cafe in Lahore in Chapter 2?

2. How does Changez describe the waiter's appearance at the cafe in Lahore?

3. What does Changez do for the first time in Manila?

4. Where do Changez and Erica go for a picnic?

5. Who looks in hostility at Changez in Manila?

Short Essay Questions

1. What hangs over Changez's and Erica's relationship, casting a sort of shadow over them?

2. What bothers Changez when he goes on a post-graduation trip with friends from Princeton?

3. What does Changez think of Jim's house in the Hamptons the first time he sees it for a party?

4. How do the people working at the companies Changez evaluates for Underwood Samson generally act towards him and the others from the company?

5. What does Changez tell the American Stranger about how he came to study at Princeton?

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

7. How does Underwood Samson assess its new recruits?

8. How does Changez tell the American Stranger he knows the stranger is American in Part I?

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

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

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