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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. When does Changez find himself staring at the girl he likes?
2. What is Changez's initial reaction to the 9/11 attacks?
3. What major historical event happens when Changez is in Manila?
4. What is one of the most expensive districts of Lahore?
5. What is Lahore remarkably free from, as Changez tells the American Stranger in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jim tell Changez he has decided to hire him?
2. How do the people working at the companies Changez evaluates for Underwood Samson generally act towards him and the others from the company?
3. What creatures remind Changez of his youth in Chapter 5, and why?
4. What worries the American Stranger at the beginning of his conversation with Changez in Part I, and how does Changez respond?
5. What does Changez think of Jim's house in the Hamptons the first time he sees it for a party?
6. What does Erica tell Changez about her aspirations that he is quite sure she has not shared with many other people?
7. How does Changez tell the American Stranger he knows the stranger is American in Part I?
8. What tragedy in Erica's life does she share with Changez after swimming in the sea in Greece?
9. What hangs over Changez's and Erica's relationship, casting a sort of shadow over them?
10. How did Changez get the scar on his arm?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing Changez's feelings towards Jim, his mentor at Underwood Samson, and describe how these feelings change over the course of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
How does Changez describe his own economic class, and how does class status affect his experiences as a college student in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How do Changez's perceptions of himself, and of his own identity, change over the course of the novel? What kinds of factors does Changez consider in trying to figure out what his core values and goals are? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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