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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 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) Sideboard.
(b) Bush.
(c) Table.
(d) Tree.

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

3. How old was Tha'mma when her husband died?
(a) 27.
(b) 29.
(c) 32.
(d) 34.

4. What would Robi smuggle into his room at college?
(a) Tequila.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Rum.
(d) Whiskey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what neighborhood did Nick Price grow up in London?

2. What does Nick say that chartered accounts are paid when they start working in London?

3. For how many years was Tha'mma headmistress of the school where she taught?

4. On Brick Lane with Ila and Nick, what sweets does the narrator smell wafting out of a sweet-shop?

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?

(see the answer key)

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