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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Jim cook for Changez in Chapter 8?
(a) Sushi.
(b) Fish.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Steak.
2. What kind of car did Changez used to drive as a youth in Lahore?
(a) A Toyota Corolla.
(b) A Chevy.
(c) A Hyundai.
(d) A Saturn.
3. What does Changez eat after having sex with Erica?
(a) Bread and water.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Burgers.
(d) Peanut butter.
4. What does Changez think of Erica when he sees her again for the first time after they have sex?
(a) She looks confident.
(b) She looks very ill.
(c) She looks much older and has gained a lot of weight.
(d) She looks happier than ever before.
5. What does the site of the 9/11 attacks come to be called?
(a) The Site.
(b) The Grounds.
(c) The Place.
(d) Ground Zero.
6. What does Erica say she thinks about Changez when he talks about his home?
(a) He seems sad.
(b) He seems angry.
(c) He never wants to talk about his home.
(d) He comes more alive.
7. What does Changez feel he is doing in New York, where the opposite is happening to his family in Lahore?
(a) Making friends, whereas they are losing friends.
(b) Doing meaningful work, whereas they are doing mundane work.
(c) Moving up in the world, whereas they are moving down.
(d) Educating himself, whereas they are becoming more ignorant.
8. What does Jim say he has noticed about Changez in Chapter 8?
(a) He has not seemed like himself.
(b) He seems like he is thinking about moving.
(c) He seems very happy.
(d) He seems suspicious.
9. What does Changez's mother tell him to do before he leaves Lahore for America?
(a) Take a gun.
(b) Leave at least one suitcase with her.
(c) Pack a lot of money.
(d) Shave his beard.
10. How does Erica want to celebrate with Changez in Chapter 6?
(a) By going to a fancy dinner.
(b) By skinny dipping on the beach.
(c) With lobster.
(d) With a bottle of Champagne.
11. What advice does Jim give to Changez about work in Chapter 7?
(a) To be sure not to take all his vacation time.
(b) To focus on the fundamentals.
(c) To be sure to save enough to start his own company.
(d) To make sure to buy stock in the company.
12. What does the American Stranger ask Changez about the waiter in Chapter 8?
(a) Whether he speaks English.
(b) Whether he will serve chicken or lamb.
(c) Whether he is wearing a kurta.
(d) Whether he is praying.
13. What makes Changez especially sad when he meets Erica again in Chapter 9?
(a) She is much heavier and sicker-looking than before.
(b) She does not speak at all.
(c) She says she is never leaving the hospital.
(d) She speaks of their relationship in the past tense.
14. What does Erica's mother suggest doing in the aftermath of 9/11?
(a) Getting a new job.
(b) Leaving the city for a while.
(c) Moving permanently.
(d) Taking a vacation.
15. What does Changez tell Erica to do when they have sex for the second time?
(a) Think of herself on a beach somewhere.
(b) Tell him to stop if she wants to stop.
(c) Think of herself as a dolphin.
(d) Pretend he is Chris.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Changez focused on in Chapter 7?
2. How does Changez's family home appear to him when he returns to Lahore in Chapter 9?
3. What does Changez feel a "murmur of reproach" from in the aftermath of 9/11?
4. When does Erica cry for the first time in front of Changez?
5. What does Changez use to threaten the stranger who calls him an epithet in Chapter 8?
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