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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who looks in hostility at Changez in Manila?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A dog walker.
(c) A waiter.
(d) A jeepney driver.

2. Who interviews Changez from the company he badly wants to work for?
(a) Jim.
(b) David.
(c) Henry.
(d) Jonathan.

3. What does Changez do for the first time in Manila?
(a) Eat meat.
(b) Find a girlfriend.
(c) Make a call from a payphone.
(d) Attempt to speak and act more like an American.

4. What is the name of Changez's dorm at his college?
(a) Churchill Hall.
(b) Westley Hall.
(c) Edwards Hall.
(d) Windham Hall.

5. What major historical event happens when Changez is in Manila?
(a) The beginning of the Iraq War.
(b) The 9/11 attacks.
(c) The Oklahoma City bombing.
(d) The Sumatra Tsunami.

6. What does the girl Changez likes share about herself with him that surprises him in Chapter 2?
(a) She has a serious illness.
(b) Her mother just died.
(c) She does not want to go back to America.
(d) Her boyfriend died the previous year.

7. What does Erica write to Changez about loving in an email she sends to him in Manila?
(a) Books.
(b) Rock pools.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Hamburgers.

8. Where does the American Stranger guess that Changez attended college?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) University of Pennsylvania.

9. Where is Changez originally from?
(a) London.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) Lahore.

10. What does the job interviewer ask Changez to do as a test in Chapter 1?
(a) Tell him how much money he has saved.
(b) Estimate a company's value.
(c) Come up with a new name for himself.
(d) Do complicated writing prompts.

11. How does Changez feel arriving in the Philippines?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Excited.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

12. What drink does Changez offer the American Stranger in Chapter 4?
(a) A glass of red wine.
(b) A Jack Daniels.
(c) A vodka.
(d) A gin and tonic.

13. Where is the American Stranger sitting in the cafe?
(a) With his back close to the wall.
(b) With his back to Changez.
(c) With a view of the sea.
(d) With a view of the kitchen.

14. What is Lahore remarkably free from, as Changez tells the American Stranger in Chapter 4?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Petty crime.

15. In what part of Lahore is the cafe Changez sits in with the American Stranger?
(a) The German Quarter.
(b) Old Anarkali.
(c) Springton.
(d) Bugoli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the locals in Lahore treasure, according to Changez, in Chapter 3?

2. Who does Changez see as his competition for the girl he likes in Chapter 2?

3. Who seems the most relaxed of the new recruits at Changez's new job in Chapter 3?

4. Where does Changez travel for his first trip abroad for his company?

5. What do Changez and the American Stranger drink during their first meeting together in Chapter 1?

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