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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. What does Changez think of the manmade light in the market and cafe?

2. Where does Changez go with his friends after college graduation?

3. Where is Wainwright's father from?

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

5. How does Changez momentarily feel about his colleague in the limousine in Manila?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Changez often think about how Erica acts in a group of people?

2. Where does Changez take Wainwright after drinking in Part II, and why?

3. What hangs over Changez's and Erica's relationship, casting a sort of shadow over them?

4. What does Jim from Underwood Samson tell Changez he thinks they have in common at their first meeting?

5. What creatures remind Changez of his youth in Chapter 5, and why?

6. How does Changez feel when he first starts work at Underwood Samson?

7. How do the people working at the companies Changez evaluates for Underwood Samson generally act towards him and the others from the company?

8. By the end of Part II, what does Changez think about the way Jim is treating him?

9. What does Erica tell Changez about her aspirations that he is quite sure she has not shared with many other people?

10. What does Changez tell the American Stranger about how he came to study at Princeton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Changez is so drawn to Erica, and how does he handle the realization that there is not a real possibility of a romantic relationship with her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How and why does Hamid use foreshadowing throughout this novel? What effect does his use of foreshadowing have on the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the ending of this novel, in which the American Stranger appears to be reaching for a gun and the people following Changez appear to be advancing on the American Stranger. Why do you think Hamid chose to end the novel this way? Cite specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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