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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 151b-200a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many students did the school have when Tha'mma first started teaching at a girls' high school?
(a) 45.
(b) 35.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

2. Where does Ila want to take the narrator where there are cheap retail shops run by Indians and Bangladeshis?
(a) Edgware.
(b) Stanmore.
(c) Brick Lane.
(d) Islington.

3. When Ila's parents came to look at a London flat for Ila and Nick, where did they come from?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Tanzania.
(c) Burundi.
(d) Rwanda.

4. What address does Nick Price ask the narrator to find when they first meet?
(a) 56 Half Moon Court.
(b) 44 Lymington Road.
(c) 19 Braidwood Passage.
(d) 39 Adam's Court.

5. What did May do the first time she met Tridib?
(a) Kissed him on both cheeks.
(b) Made a peace sign.
(c) Shook his hand.
(d) Gave him a hug.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only game that the narrator's grandmother has in the house?

2. Why did Nick leave Kuwait?

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

4. Where do Ila and the narrator sleep on Christmas eve when they cannot go back to their lodgings?

5. When the narrator's grandmother is sick and dying, where is Ila studying?

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