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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 2 or 3 years.
(b) Every couple years.
(c) Every other year.
(d) About every 4 years.

2. What does grandmother like to make Tridib and other visitors to eat?
(a) Cake.
(b) Soup.
(c) Omelette.
(d) Pie.

3. How often does the narrator's grandmother think that his mother should listen to the afternoon radio play?
(a) Not more than once a week.
(b) Just two times a week.
(c) 4 times a week.
(d) 3 times a week.

4. What does Tridib say is the house number of the widow Price who he visits in London?
(a) 58.
(b) 13.
(c) 44.
(d) 39.

5. What did Dan have a degree in in 1939?
(a) Medieval history.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) English literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of farm was at the back of the house where Ila and her family lived when she was ten?

2. In 1939, what newspaper did Dan give Tridib when he asked?

3. When did the narrator's grandmother write a letter to his college?

4. 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?

5. What does May do when she is not playing in an orchestra?

(see the answer key)

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