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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old were Lionel Tresawen's children when his wife determined they should move back to England?
(a) 11 and 9.
(b) 9 and 7.
(c) 12 and 10.
(d) 8 and 6.

2. When the narrator meets Nick Price, how long has it been since an incendiary bomb fell on Lymington Mansions and burned down two floors?
(a) 43 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 37 years.
(d) 35 years.

3. What month in 1940 does the narrator remember that Dan grew tired of trying to sleep on mattresses below the stairs?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) October.

4. What does Tridib say is the house number of the widow Price who he visits in London?
(a) 13.
(b) 58.
(c) 39.
(d) 44.

5. When Robi was in boarding school, how long did a bully he beat up have to spend in the hospital?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 4 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ila's mother allow to run free in her garden when they live in Colombo?

2. Where could Tha'mma and Mayadebi see clothes hanging in their old house?

3. What color were May's eyes?

4. What type of coat did Ila wear when the met the narrator before he left London?

5. What was the name of the woman who sang when Ila, Robi, and the narrator went out together before Robi went back to Darjeeling?

(see the answer key)

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