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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 old was Tha'mma when she retired from teaching?
(a) 65.
(b) 66.
(c) 60.
(d) 62.

2. When the narrator meets Nick Price, how long has it been since an incendiary bomb fell on Lymington Mansions and burned down two floors?
(a) 37 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 43 years.
(d) 40 years.

3. For when did the narrator's father buy a ticket to Dhaka for Tha'mma?
(a) February 1964.
(b) March 1964.
(c) January 1964.
(d) April 1964.

4. When Robi was in boarding school, how long did a bully he beat up have to spend in the hospital?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 4 days.

5. When the narrator visited London with Ila, what type of cafe did she take him to on Neal Street?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Chinese.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the woman who sang when Ila, Robi, and the narrator went out together before Robi went back to Darjeeling?

2. How old was Nick Price when the narrator's father first met him?

3. How old was May in 1959?

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

5. On Brick Lane, what did the mosque used to be?

(see the answer key)

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