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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Anwar's first business?
(a) An art supplies store.
(b) An appliance store.
(c) A coin shop.
(d) A toy shop.

2. While being intimate with Helen, who is Karim thinking about?
(a) His mind is blank.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Helen.
(d) Eva.

3. What is Charlie doing with a girl in the garden in Part One, Chapter Three?
(a) Fighting with her.
(b) Reading her poetry.
(c) Holding her hand.
(d) Kissing her.

4. What do Karim and Helen exchange?
(a) A kiss.
(b) Phone numbers.
(c) Insults.
(d) A hug.

5. Where did Haroon grow up?
(a) Africa.
(b) Morocco.
(c) England.
(d) Bombay.

6. At the beginning of the novel, what has Haroom been invited to speak on?
(a) Eastern Philosophy.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Bicultural Living.
(d) Western Philosphy.

7. What type of relationship do Karim and Jamila have?
(a) Former enemies who are now friends.
(b) Secretly dating.
(c) Platonic friends.
(d) Friends with an on-off sexual relationship.

8. Why does Karim fail all of his exams?
(a) He did not study enough.
(b) He cannot keep his mind from wandering to Jamila.
(c) He does not show up for them.
(d) He is sick and can't concentrate.

9. How does Helen's dad feel about Karim?
(a) He thinks Karim is someone else.
(b) He dislikes Karim, but keeps his opinion to himself.
(c) He thinks of Karim as the son he never had.
(d) He strongly dislikes Karim and calls him racial slurs.

10. How does Karim feel about Changez upon meeting him?
(a) Karim hates Changez at first, and then feels indifferent toward him.
(b) Karim first likes Changez, and then pities him.
(c) Karim first feels pity for Changez, and then decides he likes him.
(d) Karim hates Changez at first, and then startes to pity him.

11. What does Changez say to Jamila when they first meet?
(a) "I love you."
(b) They do not talk.
(c) "Do no look me in the eyes."
(d) "You look like a princess."

12. What role did Karim audition for and get in Part Two, Chapter Nine?
(a) Mowgli in 'The Jungle Book.'
(b) Baloo the bear in 'The Jungle Book.'
(c) Simba in 'The Lion King.'
(d) Scar in the 'The Lion King.'

13. What happens when Karim asks Margaret to draw him?
(a) She draws Haroon.
(b) She refuses to even try.
(c) She agrees to do it.
(d) She drawn him as a female.

14. Who does Changez ask to show him around town?
(a) Jamila.
(b) Karim.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Haroon.

15. How does Changez actually act toward Karim at Eva's flat party?
(a) Quite calmly.
(b) Explosively angry.
(c) Childishly.
(d) He ignores Karim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Haroon and Anwar?

2. What does Helen suggest Karim do about Jamila's marriage situation?

3. When Karim stops going to school, where does Eva arrange for him to go?

4. How do Karim's feelings toward Charlie change in Part One, Chapter Eight?

5. Why does Jamila not leave her household when Anwar arranges a marriage for her?

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