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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 95b-151a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Price wearing when the narrator meets her?
(a) Brown skirt, cream blouse, brown cardigan.
(b) Black skirt, red blouse, and white cardigan.
(c) Military-green skirt, white blouse, and grey cardigan.
(d) Navy skirt, light-blue blouse, and navy cardigan.

2. How many years before Mayadebi's marriage was Tha'mma married?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. Where does Ila want to take the narrator where there are cheap retail shops run by Indians and Bangladeshis?
(a) Edgware.
(b) Islington.
(c) Stanmore.
(d) Brick Lane.

4. Where was Francesca sent to an interment camp in 1940?
(a) Paignton.
(b) Isle of Wight.
(c) Glasgow.
(d) Liverpool.

5. Aftr Robi stopped Ila from dancing before he returned to Darjeeling, what did he give the waiter as they left?
(a) 20 rupees.
(b) 100 rupess.
(c) 75 rupees.
(d) 50 rupees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's grandmother's occupation?

2. How did Alan Tresawsen claim to have injured his right arm?

3. How old was Tha'mma when she retired from teaching?

4. When did the narrator's father become General Manager of his firm?

5. When the narrator's grandmother is sick and dying, where is Ila studying?

(see the answer key)

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