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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 did Alan Tresawsen claim to have injured his right arm?
(a) Motorcycle accident.
(b) The war.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Manufacturing accident.

2. When did the narrator's grandmother write a letter to his college?
(a) Month before she died.
(b) Day before she died.
(c) Day she died.
(d) Week before she died.

3. When Tridib first talked to the narrator about his journey to England, how old was Tridib?
(a) 27.
(b) 23.
(c) About 25.
(d) Not much older than 29.

4. 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?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) August.

5. How old was Mayadebi when she went to England with her husband and her son?
(a) 29.
(b) 31.
(c) 33.
(d) 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the narrator's father's aunt go to England with her husband and her son?

2. How old was Tridib's brother Robi when he was sent to boarding school?

3. What does Ila's mother allow to run free in her garden when they live in Colombo?

4. How old is Nick Price when the narrator meets him in London?

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?

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