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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 Changez eat after having sex with Erica?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) Bread and water.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Burgers.

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

3. Who tells Changez that his beard is not going over well at the office?
(a) Henley.
(b) Wainwright.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Jim.

4. What does Changez's manager in Chapter 10 tell him about his work?
(a) He needs to slow down or he will burn out.
(b) He is doing a great job.
(c) He is not delivering and he needs to pull it together.
(d) He is doing alright, but he needs to work faster.

5. What does Changez think of Erica when he sees her again for the first time after they have sex?
(a) She looks very ill.
(b) She looks much older and has gained a lot of weight.
(c) She looks happier than ever before.
(d) She looks confident.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Changez feel when his brother ruffles his hair in Chapter 9?

2. Who does Erica briefly remind Changez of in Chapter 6?

3. Where does Changez find out Erica is when he returns from Lahore?

4. What does Changez say he was caught up in in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks?

5. What does Erica want to show Changez in Chapter 6 that is intimate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Changez encourage the American Stranger to eat with his hands at dinner?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens to Changez when he gets back to New York City following the 9/11 attacks?

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

(see the answer keys)

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