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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karim notice about Ted at the end of the book?
(a) Ted seems more uptight that Karim remembers.
(b) Ted follows Haroon around like a puppy dog.
(c) Ted has regressed and is more unhappy than ever.
(d) Ted's transformation to a happy individual is complete.

2. What do Karim and Eleanor ultimately do about Pyke's invitation?
(a) Decline.
(b) Reschedule.
(c) Accept.
(d) Suggest something different.

3. What happens at Charlie's concert which Eva and Karim attend?
(a) Eva and Karim gets lost from one another.
(b) A riot breaks out.
(c) Charlie falls of stage.
(d) Charlie calls them onstage.

4. Who does Karim get in a physical fight with at the end of Part Two, Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Hater.
(b) Changez.
(c) Pyke.
(d) His father.

5. What does Pyke tell Karim happened to Eleanor's last boyfriend?
(a) He died in an accident at work.
(b) He killed himself.
(c) He died in a car accident.
(d) He skipped town and no one has heard from him since.

6. How successful is the play?
(a) It never sells out.
(b) It sells out most nights.
(c) It sold out opening night, but never again.
(d) It sells out every night.

7. What do Eva and Haroon announce at the end of the book?
(a) They are proud of Karim.
(b) They are pregnant.
(c) They are separating.
(d) They are getting married.

8. Who does Karim ask for advice from regarding Pyke's invitation?
(a) Changez and Jamila.
(b) Jamila and Eva.
(c) No one.
(d) Eva and Haroon.

9. How do Karim and Eleanor end up sleeping together?
(a) She comforts him when he is depressed.
(b) He comforts her when she is depressed.
(c) She asks him on a date and confesses her love.
(d) He takes her out to dinner and confesses his love.

10. Who is Marlene?
(a) Pyke's mistress.
(b) Pyke's wife.
(c) Pyke's sister.
(d) An acting student of Pyke's.

11. What does Pyke ultimately decide about Karim's characterization?
(a) Karim will need to make some changes to his character.
(b) He lets Karim decide.
(c) Karim can keep his character as it is.
(d) Karim has to find a new character.

12. When Karim returns to London in the final chapter, the country is on the brink of a political decision between two extremes--the _________ revolution or the rise of the Right.
(a) Industrial.
(b) Communist.
(c) Marxist.
(d) Socialist.

13. When Karim and Eleanor argue at Pyke's house, why is Eleanor upset?
(a) She thinks Karim is cheating on her.
(b) She doesn't want Karim to ruin the evening.
(c) She doesn't want to fight in front of other people.
(d) She feels belittled by Karim.

14. What happens when Karim asks Eleanor for money, per Terry's request?
(a) She refuses him.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) She gives him the money.
(d) She screams at him.

15. After the show is over, where does Karim tell Terry he is going?
(a) A bar.
(b) 'Away'.
(c) Home.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karim realize about Charlie by the end of Part Two, Chapter Seventeen?

2. Who does Karim decide to base his second characterization on?

3. Who does Karim move in with while waiting for rehearsals to begin?

4. Which actor or actress does Karim fall for in Pyke's group?

5. What type of background is Eleanor from?

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