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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 95b-151a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only game that the narrator's grandmother has in the house?
(a) Mahjong.
(b) Ludo set.
(c) Chess.
(d) Checkers.

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

3. When the narrator visits Brick Lane with Ila and Nick, what establishment is in the house that Alan Tresawsen used to live in?
(a) Travel agency.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Apparel shop.
(d) Car rental.

4. What does Ila's mother allow to run free in her garden when they live in Colombo?
(a) Monitor lizard.
(b) Keeled Indian mabuya.
(c) Rhino horned lizard.
(d) Green forest lizard.

5. What color hair does Nick Price have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Straw-colored.
(c) Blond.
(d) Ebony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tridib go with his parents to London when he was 8?

2. What tutor does the narrator have in the afternoons on page 10?

3. What is the narrator wearing when he waks from Charing Cross to Stockwell and Ila is disgusted by his clothes?

4. What does Mrs. Price serve for Christmas eve when the author is in London on a study grant?

5. When the narrator and Ila were ten, where was her family living?

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