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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 Underwood Samson value above all else as Changez describes it in Chapter 8?
(a) Its luxurious building.
(b) Maximum productivity.
(c) Its reputation.
(d) The health of its staff.

2. What does Changez notice on his flight back to New York City?
(a) How many other men have beards.
(b) How many Americans are on the flight.
(c) How so many passengers are around his age.
(d) How many women there are on the flight.

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

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

5. 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 part of America he is from.
(d) What brings him to Lahore and other questions about himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Jim give to Changez about work in Chapter 7?

2. What happens to Changez and his colleagues when they assess the cable company in New Jersey?

3. Who is the head of the company Changez evaluates in Chapter 10?

4. What does Changez's mother do when he comes to the house to visit at first?

5. What kind of charm does Changez think his apartment might have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Erica feel when Changez begins to talk about his home and his family?

2. In Chapter 6, what scent does Changez point out to the American Stranger, and why?

3. Why does Erica try to distance herself from Changez in Chapter 7?

4. Why do Pakistanis take a lot of pride in their food, according to Changez?

5. In Chapter 8, what kind of abuse does Changez endure on the street?

6. In Chapter 8, what parallels does Changez draw between his situation with Erica and what is happening in America?

7. In Chapter 8, why is Changez worried about his own country?

8. How does Changez feel about his own reaction to the 9/11 attacks?

9. In Chapter 7, what does Changez propose to Erica about lovemaking that he feels conflicted about later?

10. How do people treat Changez differently after he grows his beard in Chapter 9?

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