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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 the American Stranger frightened of in Chapter 1 regarding Changez?

2. Who interviews Changez from the company he badly wants to work for?

3. What kind of company does Changez assess in Manila?

4. How did Changez get his scar?

5. What is Lahore remarkably free from, as Changez tells the American Stranger in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Changez tell the American Stranger he knows the stranger is American in Part I?

2. How did Changez get the scar on his arm?

3. What does Changez tell the American Stranger about how he came to study at Princeton?

4. What creatures remind Changez of his youth in Chapter 5, and why?

5. Where does Changez take Wainwright after drinking in Part II, and why?

6. How do the people working at the companies Changez evaluates for Underwood Samson generally act towards him and the others from the company?

7. What does Erica tell Changez about her aspirations that he is quite sure she has not shared with many other people?

8. What does Erica tell Changez she hates while they are together in Greece, and how is this attitude different from Changez's?

9. Why does Jim tell Changez he has decided to hire him?

10. What bothers Changez when he goes on a post-graduation trip with friends from Princeton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the working environment and the expectations at Underwood Samson affect Changez and his perceptions of American culture and American business culture? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Erica's mother gives Changez a copy of Erica's manuscript after her disappearance, and what does Changez's reaction to the manuscript mean? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why do Changez and Wainwright seem to form a unique connection between the recruits at Underwood Samson, and how does Hamid describe their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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