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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 50-95a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many patents did Lionel Tresawsen take out during the five years he lived in Malaysia?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

2. When the narrator's father visited Mrs. Price and Nick, where were Mayadebi and the Shaheb?
(a) Bulgaria.
(b) Poland.
(c) Romania.
(d) Czechoslovakia.

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

4. What address does Nick Price ask the narrator to find when they first meet?
(a) 56 Half Moon Court.
(b) 44 Lymington Road.
(c) 39 Adam's Court.
(d) 19 Braidwood Passage.

5. When the narrator is in England for a research grant, what does he hear May Price play at the Royal Festival Hall?
(a) Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor.
(b) Bach Concerto for 2 Violins.
(c) Brahms Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major.
(d) Dvorak Cello Concerto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ila want to live in London?

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?

3. When did the narrator's father's aunt go to England with her husband and her son?

4. When the narrator first meets Nick Price in London, where has Robi thought that Nick was spending his time?

5. When was the narrator born?

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