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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Brick Lane, what did the mosque used to be?
(a) Chapel.
(b) Synagogue.
(c) Cathedral.
(d) Baptist church.

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

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

4. When did Tha'mma first start teaching in a girls' high school?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1941.

5. 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?
(a) Bush.
(b) Table.
(c) Tree.
(d) Sideboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nick leave Kuwait?

2. How often is Tridib seen on the street corners around Gole Park?

3. When the narrator meets Nick Price, how long has it been since an incendiary bomb fell on Lymington Mansions and burned down two floors?

4. Where did Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca live in 1939?

5. How has Tridib ruined his digestion?

(see the answer key)

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