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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 one of the most expensive districts of Lahore?
2. Where is the American Stranger sitting in the cafe?
3. What does the house where the company's summer party is being held remind Changez of?
4. What is Changez's early excitement about New York City related to?
5. What are the attractive girls wearing outside the cafe in Lahore in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. What bothers Changez when he goes on a post-graduation trip with friends from Princeton?
2. What creatures remind Changez of his youth in Chapter 5, and why?
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 Changez tell the American Stranger about how he came to study at Princeton?
6. How did Changez get the scar on his arm?
7. How do the people working at the companies Changez evaluates for Underwood Samson generally act towards him and the others from the company?
8. What does Erica tell Changez about her aspirations that he is quite sure she has not shared with many other people?
9. How does Changez tell the American Stranger he knows the stranger is American in Part I?
10. What does Erica tell Changez she hates while they are together in Greece, and how is this attitude different from Changez's?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Hamid describe the physical intimacy - and, at times, lack of it - between Changez and Erica? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What are some of the adjustments to American culture that Changez finds most difficult to make in the early parts of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How and why does Hamid use foreshadowing throughout this novel? What effect does his use of foreshadowing have on the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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