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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the narrator's family move after his father became General Manager of his firm?
(a) Park Street.
(b) Southern Avenue.
(c) Jessore Road.
(d) Amherst Street.

3. What is the narrator's grandmother's occupation?
(a) Professor.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Schoolteacher.

4. When did the narrator's father's aunt go to England with her husband and her son?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1931.

5. How has Tridib ruined his digestion?
(a) Overeating.
(b) Taking antibiotics.
(c) Drinking hard-boiled tea.
(d) Using antacids.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Tridib when he went to England with his parents?

2. What did Ila want to hide under and play house when they went to visit their old family house in Raibajar when they were ten?

3. When the narrator is in London on a study grant, where does he spend Christmas Eve?

4. Why did Nick leave Kuwait?

5. What did Mrs. Price remember that Tridib wanted to do when he grew up?

(see the answer key)

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