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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 40 years.
(b) 37 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 43 years.

2. What was the name of the woman who sang when Ila, Robi, and the narrator went out together before Robi went back to Darjeeling?
(a) Miss Melinda.
(b) Miss Linda.
(c) Miss Jennifer.
(d) Miss Angelica.

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

4. What did Ila want to hide under and play house when they went to visit their old family house in Raibajar when they were ten?
(a) Bush.
(b) Table.
(c) Sideboard.
(d) Tree.

5. What color hair does Nick Price have?
(a) Ebony.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blond.
(d) Straw-colored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tridib studying for his PhD?

2. What type of vehicle did Ila's parents drive when she was ten and they visited Calcutta?

3. Why did Tridib go with his parents to London when he was 8?

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

5. How often might Tridib's parents spend a month or two in Calcutta?

(see the answer key)

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