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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 Mrs. Price remember that Tridib wanted to do when he grew up?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Air-raid warden.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Farmer.

2. In 1941, of the foursome--Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca--which of them would be dead in 1941?
(a) Francesca.
(b) Alan and Francesca.
(c) All of the them.
(d) Alan, Mike, and Dan.

3. How old was Tridib when he went to England with his parents?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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) Table.
(b) Bush.
(c) Tree.
(d) Sideboard.

5. Where was May Price when the narrator's father visited her mother and brother?
(a) Erding.
(b) Darmstadt.
(c) Bayreuth.
(d) Hamburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Ila's doll and the name she gives the child she pretends to have when she and the narrator play house?

2. What was the name of Mrs. Price's brother who she invited to meet The Shaheb, Mayadebi, and Tridib in 1939?

3. 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?

4. How often is Tridib seen on the street corners around Gole Park?

5. When Ila was eight, how long did her father spend teaching in a university in the north of England?

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