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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many grandchildren are in Ila's family?
(a) 2.
(b) Ony her.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

2. When the narrator's father visited Mrs. Price and Nick, where were Mayadebi and the Shaheb?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) Romania.
(d) Poland.

3. What does May do when she is not playing in an orchestra?
(a) Working in a flower shop.
(b) Working for relief agencies.
(c) Volunteering at a library.
(d) Writing.

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

5. When Ila and the narrator were eight, how long had it been since Snipe Price died?
(a) 4 years.
(b) A year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aftr Robi stopped Ila from dancing before he returned to Darjeeling, what did he give the waiter as they left?

2. When the narrator is in England for a research grant, what does he hear May Price play at the Royal Festival Hall?

3. What type of dog is an old lady walking on Solent Road when the narrator meets Nick Price?

4. When the narrator meets Nick Price, how long has it been since an incendiary bomb fell on Lymington Mansions and burned down two floors?

5. Where did Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca live in 1939?

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