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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 was Tridib's birthday?
(a) September 19.
(b) September 4.
(c) September 25.
(d) September 30.

2. What month was it when Ila's family took the narrator and his family to visit their old family house in Raibajar when they were ten?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) August.

3. Why did Nick leave Kuwait?
(a) He had an affair with the boss's wife.
(b) He was accused of embezzlement.
(c) He had an affair with the boss's daughter.
(d) He was found guilty of misappropriating funds.

4. What is the narrator wearing when he waks from Charing Cross to Stockwell and Ila is disgusted by his clothes?
(a) T-shirt and faded blue jeans.
(b) Red anorak and khakis.
(c) Polo and blue jeans.
(d) Blue anorak and faded corduroy jeans.

5. For when did the narrator's father buy a ticket to Dhaka for Tha'mma?
(a) January 1964.
(b) April 1964.
(c) February 1964.
(d) March 1964.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator is in London on a study grant, where does he spend Christmas Eve?

2. When Tridib, May, and the narrator were driving to Diamond Harbor, what animal did they see in the road that May wanted to help?

3. When May visited India, what did she give a cotton-man for playing his single-stringed tool?

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

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

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