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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week did May fast?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

2. What was the name of the narrator's best friend at the time Tha'mma retired from teaching?
(a) Ranvir.
(b) Gupreet.
(c) Montu.
(d) Anil.

3. When the narrator is in London on a study grant, where does he spend Christmas Eve?
(a) A hotel.
(b) Ila's.
(c) Mrs. Price's.
(d) His boarding house.

4. On the night in 1940 when Dan grew tired of sleeping on mattresses below the stairs, where had the roommates gone to a demonstration?
(a) Savoy Hotel.
(b) The Berkeley.
(c) May Fair.
(d) Flemings.

5. What scent did May use when she stayed in the narrator's parents' guest room when she visited India?
(a) Rosewater.
(b) Lily of the Valley.
(c) Hyacinth.
(d) Lavender water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May do when she is not playing in an orchestra?

2. What was the name of Ila's doll and the name she gives the child she pretends to have when she and the narrator play house?

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

4. What did Ila, Robi, and the narrator drink when they went to a nightclub before Robi returned to Darjeeling?

5. What does May tell the narrator that Nick wants to do for a career?

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