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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 200b-246.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's grandmother's occupation?
(a) Schoolteacher.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Professor.

2. Where was Kerry, the American art student who lived in the room next to the narrator in London, from?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Denver.
(d) Amarillo.

3. In 1979, how many volumes of a well-known Calcutta daily were available in the library for 1964?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

4. When the narrator's grandmother was dying, where was he going to school?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Bangalore.
(c) Mumbai.
(d) Delhi.

5. What would Robi smuggle into his room at college?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Rum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scent did May use when she stayed in the narrator's parents' guest room when she visited India?

2. Why did Ila want to live in London?

3. What is the narrator wearing when he waks from Charing Cross to Stockwell and Ila is disgusted by his clothes?

4. How much did the narrator spend on a wedding gift for Il and Nick?

5. When Tridib first talked to the narrator about his journey to England, how old was Tridib?

(see the answer key)

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