View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Erica want to show Changez in Chapter 6 that is intimate?
(a) Her nose ring.
(b) Her bruise.
(c) Her amputation.
(d) Her wedding picture with Chris.

2. What does Changez deliberately not mention at all to his family in Chapter 9?
(a) His financial problems.
(b) Erica.
(c) Underwood Samson.
(d) Princeton.

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

4. How do people wear a certain flower bud in Lahore?
(a) As pins on their chests.
(b) As bracelets.
(c) As hair ornaments.
(d) As neckalces.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the American Stranger ask about dinner in Chapter 9?

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

3. In Chapter 7, what does Chagnez tell the American Stranger shocks him looking back on his time in America?

4. What movie does the footage of American soldiers in Afghanistan remind Changez of?

5. What does Changez ask the American Stranger in the end of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Changez find changed about Erica when he sees her again after his trip to the Philippines?

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

3. How does business and Underwood Samson change following 9/11?

4. How does Changez feel at first when visiting Pakistan and his family in Chapter 9?

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

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

7. What does Changez regret asking Erica about in Chapter 8, and why?

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

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

10. What disturbing stories does Changez begin to hear in the aftermath of 9/11 in New York City?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 671 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample