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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. Who does Erica briefly remind Changez of in Chapter 6?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

2. How does Erica want to celebrate with Changez in Chapter 6?
(a) By going to a fancy dinner.
(b) With lobster.
(c) With a bottle of Champagne.
(d) By skinny dipping on the beach.

3. What does Changez observe is putting the American Stranger ill at ease in the start of Chapter 8?
(a) The waiter.
(b) The breeze.
(c) The painting.
(d) The music.

4. What does Changez tell the American Stranger about the night they are sharing at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) It is a night of unusual cold in Lahore.
(b) It is a night of some importance.
(c) It is a night that reminds him of an earlier night months before.
(d) It is a night of unusual heat in Lahore.

5. What happens to Changez and his colleagues when they assess the cable company in New Jersey?
(a) Changez quits in the middle of the assignment.
(b) They can not complete the assignment.
(c) Changez gets hurt in the building.
(d) The workers there try to sabotage their assessment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Changez think after he and Erica try to have sex for the first time?

2. What does Changez's mother tell him to do before he leaves Lahore for America?

3. How does Changez feel after having sex with Erica in Chapter 7?

4. What does Changez use to threaten the stranger who calls him an epithet in Chapter 8?

5. What does Changez not like about the person sitting next to him on the plane to Lahore in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 8, what changes does Jim see in Changez?

4. How does the American Stranger react to Changez's ruminations about 9/11 and its aftermath?

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

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

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

8. What topic dominates the conversation between Changez and his family on his visit to Pakistan?

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

10. Why does Changez offer to sample each of the plates of food before the American Stranger eats from them?

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