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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When May visited India, what did she give a cotton-man for playing his single-stringed tool?
(a) 1 rupee.
(b) 3 rupees.
(c) 5 rupees.
(d) 10 rupees.

2. What color were May's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Grey.

3. How old was Alan Tresawsen in 1939?
(a) 31.
(b) 26.
(c) 28.
(d) 33.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator visits Brick Lane with Ila and Nick, what establishment is in the house that Alan Tresawsen used to live in?

2. When did Tha'mma first start teaching in a girls' high school?

3. What airline did the narrator fly on when he flew from London to Delhi after his study fellowship?

4. What month in 1940 does the narrator remember that Dan grew tired of trying to sleep on mattresses below the stairs?

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

(see the answer key)

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