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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did the narrator's grandmother write a letter to his college?
(a) Month before she died.
(b) Day before she died.
(c) Day she died.
(d) Week before she died.

4. What type of farm was at the back of the house where Ila and her family lived when she was ten?
(a) Factory.
(b) Poultry farm.
(c) Sheep farm.
(d) Goat farm.

5. What does Ila's mother allow to run free in her garden when they live in Colombo?
(a) Green forest lizard.
(b) Monitor lizard.
(c) Rhino horned lizard.
(d) Keeled Indian mabuya.

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

7. What was the name of the woman who sang when Ila, Robi, and the narrator went out together before Robi went back to Darjeeling?
(a) Miss Angelica.
(b) Miss Melinda.
(c) Miss Linda.
(d) Miss Jennifer.

8. How old was Nick Price when the narrator's father first met him?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

9. How often does the narrator's grandmother think that his mother should listen to the afternoon radio play?
(a) Just two times a week.
(b) 4 times a week.
(c) Not more than once a week.
(d) 3 times a week.

10. When the narrator and Ila were ten, where was her family living?
(a) Colombo.
(b) Luzon.
(c) Rio de Janeiro.
(d) Taiwan.

11. When the narrator visited London with Ila, what type of cafe did she take him to on Neal Street?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Dutch.
(d) French.

12. What was the name of Mrs. Price's brother who she invited to meet The Shaheb, Mayadebi, and Tridib in 1939?
(a) Richard.
(b) William.
(c) Harry.
(d) Alan.

13. What is the name of the little girl who does not like Ila's pretend daughter when Ila and the narrator play house?
(a) Denise.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Louise.
(d) Anna.

14. How often might Tridib's parents spend a month or two in Calcutta?
(a) About every 4 years.
(b) Every other year.
(c) Every couple years.
(d) Every 2 or 3 years.

15. What does grandmother like to make Tridib and other visitors to eat?
(a) Pie.
(b) Omelette.
(c) Soup.
(d) Cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does May Price play?

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

3. Where was May Price when the narrator's father visited her mother and brother?

4. How much older is Tridib's brother Jatin-kaku than Tridib?

5. What would Robi smuggle into his room at college?

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