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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tutor does the narrator have in the afternoons on page 10?
(a) English.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) French.

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

3. 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) 35 years.
(b) 43 years.
(c) 37 years.
(d) 40 years.

4. How old is Nick Price when the narrator meets him in London?
(a) 31.
(b) 24.
(c) 29.
(d) 27.

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

6. What color hair does Nick Price have?
(a) Straw-colored.
(b) Blond.
(c) Brown.
(d) Ebony.

7. Where did Ila want to go before Robi went back to Darjeeling?
(a) Royal Hotel.
(b) A pub.
(c) A bar.
(d) Grand Hotel.

8. How often is Tridib seen on the street corners around Gole Park?
(a) Once or twice a month.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every other week.
(d) Every other month.

9. What did Ila want to hide under and play house when they went to visit their old family house in Raibajar when they were ten?
(a) Bush.
(b) Tree.
(c) Sideboard.
(d) Table.

10. Why did Tridib go with his parents to London when he was 8?
(a) His father had an operation.
(b) To visit friends.
(c) His father had a new job postings.
(d) To visit family.

11. What was the name of Ila's doll and the name she gives the child she pretends to have when she and the narrator play house?
(a) Magda.
(b) Meredith.
(c) Helga.
(d) Priscilla.

12. What type of dog is an old lady walking on Solent Road when the narrator meets Nick Price?
(a) Chihuahua.
(b) Dachshund.
(c) Poodle.
(d) Pekinese.

13. How has Tridib ruined his digestion?
(a) Overeating.
(b) Using antacids.
(c) Taking antibiotics.
(d) Drinking hard-boiled tea.

14. Where does Ila offer to take the narrator to a Bangladeshi place for dinner after meeting Nick?
(a) Brixton.
(b) Kensington.
(c) Chelsea.
(d) Clapham.

15. How much older is Tridib's brother Jatin-kaku than Tridib?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator's grandmother is sick and dying, where is Ila studying?

2. When was the narrator born?

3. When the narrator and Ila were ten, where was her family living?

4. Where did Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca live in 1939?

5. How often does the narrator's grandmother think that his mother should listen to the afternoon radio play?

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