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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. How do Karim and Eleanor end up sleeping together?
2. Who does Karim get in a physical fight with at the end of Part Two, Chapter Fifteen?
3. What does Terry admit to Karim after Karim says he will be leaving?
4. Where does Karim meet Terry?
5. What does Pyke tell Karim happened to Eleanor's last boyfriend?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who dies in Part Two, Chapter Fourteen, and how does he or she meet their demise?
2. When Pyke invites Karim and Eleanor to dinner, what does Karim have to consider and who does he go to for advice?
3. What does joining Pyke's acting troupe help Karim to realize about social class?
4. How is Eleanor demonstrating a manipulative side by Part Two, Chapter Thirteen?
5. 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?
6. How has Charlie been influenced by punk?
7. What aspects of Karim and Changez make them character foils of one another and likely allow for their strong friendship?
8. 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?
9. What does Pyke open up to Karim about in Part Two, Chapter Twelve, and what surprising offer does he make?
10. How do Karim and Haroon compare and reflect one another at the end of the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Haroon and Anwar's struggle with their identity as an Indian emigrant.
Essay Topic 2
In what ways was there a role reversal between Karim and his parents? What did his parents ask of him that is usually something a teenager would ask of their parents instead? How did Karim react to the role reversal?
Essay Topic 3
In what ways did Kureishi use the literary technique of foreshadowing in The Buddha of Suburbia? Was it used effectively?
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