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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Lahore remarkably free from, as Changez tells the American Stranger in Chapter 4?
2. Who does Changez wish was there with him at the company's summer party?
3. What does the girl Changez likes tell Changez she is afraid of in Chapter 2?
4. Who did Changez live with growing up?
5. How does Changez describe the waiter's appearance at the cafe in Lahore?
Short Essay Questions
1. What creatures remind Changez of his youth in Chapter 5, and why?
2. How does Changez tell the American Stranger he knows the stranger is American in Part I?
3. By the end of Part II, what does Changez think about the way Jim is treating him?
4. What hangs over Changez's and Erica's relationship, casting a sort of shadow over them?
5. What does Erica tell Changez she hates while they are together in Greece, and how is this attitude different from Changez's?
6. How does Changez get along with his fellow newbies at Underwood Samson?
7. What does Changez tell the American Stranger about how he came to study at Princeton?
8. What does Changez think of Erica's apartment and family when he first visits them in Part II?
9. What bothers Changez when he goes on a post-graduation trip with friends from Princeton?
10. How do the people working at the companies Changez evaluates for Underwood Samson generally act towards him and the others from the company?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the ending of this novel, in which the American Stranger appears to be reaching for a gun and the people following Changez appear to be advancing on the American Stranger. Why do you think Hamid chose to end the novel this way? Cite specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring Hamid's descriptions of Lahore to the American Stranger in the cafe, through Changez's eyes. Cite specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Jim at Underwood Samson seems to feel a kinship with Changez - even after Changez is fired from his job there? Does Changez seem to reciprocate this feeling of Jim's? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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