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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dan have a degree in in 1939?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) English literature.
(d) Medieval history.

2. What is the only game that the narrator's grandmother has in the house?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Chess.
(c) Mahjong.
(d) Ludo set.

3. How has Tridib ruined his digestion?
(a) Taking antibiotics.
(b) Overeating.
(c) Using antacids.
(d) Drinking hard-boiled tea.

4. How much older is Tridib's brother Jatin-kaku than Tridib?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

5. What month was it when Ila's family took the narrator and his family to visit their old family house in Raibajar when they were ten?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) October.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How often does the narrator's grandmother think that his mother should listen to the afternoon radio play?

3. When was the narrator born?

4. What does grandmother like to make Tridib and other visitors to eat?

5. What does May tell the narrator that Nick wants to do for a career?

(see the answer key)

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