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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 often might Tridib's parents spend a month or two in Calcutta?
(a) Every other year.
(b) Every couple years.
(c) Every 2 or 3 years.
(d) About every 4 years.

2. When Ila was eight, how long did her father spend teaching in a university in the north of England?
(a) 6 months.
(b) A year.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 9 months.

3. How many patents did Lionel Tresawsen take out during the five years he lived in Malaysia?
(a) 11.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

4. Why did Ila want to live in London?
(a) To get a good job.
(b) To go to school.
(c) To be free.
(d) Her boyfriend lived there.

5. 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) 43 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 37 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ila offer to take the narrator to a Bangladeshi place for dinner after meeting Nick?

2. When the narrator first meets Nick Price in London, where has Robi thought that Nick was spending his time?

3. How old was Nick Price when the narrator's father first met him?

4. What color eyes does Tridib say that Mrs. Price's daughter May has?

5. What does May tell the narrator that Nick wants to do for a career?

(see the answer key)

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