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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 major historical event happens when Changez is in Manila?
(a) The 9/11 attacks.
(b) The beginning of the Iraq War.
(c) The Sumatra Tsunami.
(d) The Oklahoma City bombing.

2. How does Changez momentarily feel about his colleague in the limousine in Manila?
(a) As if the colleague is a terrible thief.
(b) As if the colleague is better than him.
(c) As if the colleague is very foreign.
(d) As if the colleague is an avid reader.

3. What does the girl Changez likes tell Changez he gives off a strong sense of in Chapter 2?
(a) Competence.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Failure.
(d) Home.

4. What does the sketch on Erica's wall depict?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Chris and Erica together.
(c) A galaxy.
(d) An island within an island.

5. Where does Changez go with his friends after college graduation?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Greece.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport did Changez once play?

2. What kind of sweets come with the tea for Changez and the American Stranger?

3. What does Erica's father say about the state of Pakistan that annoys Changez?

4. What do Changez and the American Stranger drink during their first meeting together in Chapter 1?

5. What drink does Changez offer the American Stranger in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Underwood Samson assess its new recruits?

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

3. What does Changez often think about how Erica acts in a group of people?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Erica tell Changez she hates while they are together in Greece, and how is this attitude different from Changez's?

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