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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca live in 1939?
(a) Brick Lane.
(b) Gravel Lane.
(c) Quality Court.
(d) Lakeside Terrace.

2. Where do Ila and the narrator sleep on Christmas eve when they cannot go back to their lodgings?
(a) Living room.
(b) Basement.
(c) Attic.
(d) Dining room.

3. Where do Ila, Nick, and the narrator arrange to meet when Ila wants to take the narrator clothes shopping?
(a) Chesham Arms.
(b) Southhampton Arms.
(c) French House.
(d) Kembles Head.

4. Where was May Price when the narrator's father visited her mother and brother?
(a) Erding.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Bayreuth.
(d) Darmstadt.

5. What airline did the narrator fly on when he flew from London to Delhi after his study fellowship?
(a) Singapore Airlines.
(b) Qatar Airways.
(c) Thai Airways.
(d) United.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ila was eight, how long did her father spend teaching in a university in the north of England?

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

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

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

5. What does Mrs. Price serve for Christmas eve when the author is in London on a study grant?

(see the answer key)

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