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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ila's wedding and the narrator stayed at May's flat, what did she fix him for breakfast?
(a) Oatmeal and orange juice.
(b) Fried eggs, toast, and orange juice.
(c) Toast, scrambled eggs, and tomato juice.
(d) Oatmeal and tomato juice.

2. How far was the journey from England to India?
(a) 4,600 miles.
(b) 5,000 miles.
(c) 4,800 miles.
(d) 5,300 miles.

3. When the narrator visits Brick Lane with Ila and Nick, what establishment is in the house that Alan Tresawsen used to live in?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Apparel shop.
(c) Travel agency.
(d) Car rental.

4. When Tha'mma and Mayadebi got to their old house, what was hanging from the terrace?
(a) Wet gamcha.
(b) Wet kurtas.
(c) Wet saris.
(d) Wet kaupinas.

5. When Ila's parents came to look at a London flat for Ila and Nick, where did they come from?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Rwanda.
(c) Tanzania.
(d) Burundi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When May and Tridib met in India, when was the last time he had seen her?

3. For when did the narrator's father buy a ticket to Dhaka for Tha'mma?

4. When the narrator is in London on a study grant, where does he spend Christmas Eve?

5. How long did it take the narrator to make a connection between his nightmare bus ride back from school the the events that befell Tridib and the others in Dhaka?

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