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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often might Tridib's parents spend a month or two in Calcutta?
(a) Every 2 or 3 years.
(b) Every couple years.
(c) About every 4 years.
(d) Every other year.

2. When was the narrator born?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1949.

3. On the night in 1940 when Dan grew tired of sleeping on mattresses below the stairs, where had the roommates gone to a demonstration?
(a) May Fair.
(b) Flemings.
(c) Savoy Hotel.
(d) The Berkeley.

4. How old was Nick Price when the narrator's father first met him?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

5. When the narrator's grandmother was dying, where was he going to school?
(a) Mumbai.
(b) Bangalore.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Delhi.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ila was eight, how long did her father spend teaching in a university in the north of England?

2. In 1941, of the foursome--Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca--which of them would be dead in 1941?

3. Where did the narrator's family move after his father became General Manager of his firm?

4. What does Mrs. Price serve for Christmas eve when the author is in London on a study grant?

5. When was the Great Terror in Calcutta?

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