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The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

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Answer Key

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. Lahore, Pakistan (Chapter 1)

2. Princeton (Chapter 1)

3. Erica (Chapter 2)

4. The Great Gatsby (Chapter 3)

Short Answer

1. He spent four and a half years living in America. (Chapter 1)

2. He got a scholarship. (Chapter 2)

3. He paid for it with his signing bonus from Underwood Samson and had to be frugal with his money, while his travel companions had family wealth. (Chapter 2)

4. She is homesick for her boyfriend who passed away and Changez is homesick for Pakistan. (Chapter 2)

5. He loved that he immediately felt like a New Yorker and that people were all made equal because they were forced to walk. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. A picnic (Chapter 4)

2. He smiles. (Chapter 5)

3. Bats (Chapters 5-6)

Short Answer

1. He asks about the economic situation in Pakistan, and Changez is bothered by his comment about fundamentalism. (Chapter 4)

2. He worries that something bad is about to happen. (Chapter 4)

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