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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 200b-246.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Ila and the narrator sleep on Christmas eve when they cannot go back to their lodgings?
(a) Basement.
(b) Living room.
(c) Dining room.
(d) Attic.

2. What type of structure did the mechanic have at Tha'mma and Mayadebi's old house?
(a) Tin shed.
(b) Brick shed.
(c) Wooden shack.
(d) Tent.

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

4. What is the narrator wearing when he waks from Charing Cross to Stockwell and Ila is disgusted by his clothes?
(a) T-shirt and faded blue jeans.
(b) Blue anorak and faded corduroy jeans.
(c) Polo and blue jeans.
(d) Red anorak and khakis.

5. Where did the narrator's family move after his father became General Manager of his firm?
(a) Park Street.
(b) Amherst Street.
(c) Southern Avenue.
(d) Jessore Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mayadebi when she went to England with her husband and her son?

2. What was the name of the narrator's mathematics teacher in 1964?

3. As Tha'mma and Mayadebi drove away, how many people were stretched across the road with a fire in the middle?

4. How many children did Khalil and his wife have?

5. In what neighborhood did Nick Price grow up in London?

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