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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who gets beat up by racist thugs in Part Two, Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Simon.
(b) Karim.
(c) Changez.
(d) Jamila.

3. How has Charlie changed his band in Part Two, Chapter Ten?
(a) They all shaved their heads.
(b) They only wear red now.
(c) They now play classic rock.
(d) They now play punk.

4. How does Karim betray Changez for the second time?
(a) By getting Jamila pregnant.
(b) By basing a character on him, even after Changez asked him not to.
(c) By revealing one of Changez' secrets to Jamila.
(d) By promising he would create a character based on Changez, but not doing it.

5. 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) Marxist.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Communist.
(d) Industrial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Karim about his mother and father's actions when his play opens in London?

2. How many women are there in Pyke's group?

3. Who does Karim ask for advice from regarding Pyke's invitation?

4. How does the night at Pyke's house end?

5. How does Anwar die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does joining Pyke's acting troupe help Karim to realize about social class?

2. What sort of overall reception does the play receive?

3. After Karim and Charlie have lived together a few months in New York, what two things about Charlie make Karim want to get away from him?

4. Under what pretense does Matthew Pyke enter the story?

5. Who from his life does Karim first select to inspire his character he must develop for the acting troupe, and why does he later have to change it?

6. What aspects of Karim and Changez make them character foils of one another and likely allow for their strong friendship?

7. The motif of manipulation comes to the forefront in Part Two, Chapter Thirteen. How has Pyke demonstrated manipulation at this point in the novel?

8. How has Charlie been influenced by punk?

9. How does Shadwell tell Karim to portray his character in The Jungle Book, and how does Karim react?

10. What activities does Pyke have his acting troupe do as they come together for the first time?

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