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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month was it when Ila's family took the narrator and his family to visit their old family house in Raibajar when they were ten?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) September.
(d) August.

2. 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) Table.
(c) Tree.
(d) Sideboard.

3. When Ila and the narrator were eight, how long had it been since Snipe Price died?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) A year.
(d) 2 years.

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

5. What is Tridib studying for his PhD?
(a) Archaeology.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Education.
(d) Philosophy.

6. When the narrator's father visited Mrs. Price and Nick, where were Mayadebi and the Shaheb?
(a) Poland.
(b) Czechoslovakia.
(c) Romania.
(d) Bulgaria.

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 Linda.
(b) Miss Angelica.
(c) Miss Melinda.
(d) Miss Jennifer.

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

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

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

11. 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) 40 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 37 years.
(d) 43 years.

12. How old was Mayadebi when she went to England with her husband and her son?
(a) 31.
(b) 33.
(c) 29.
(d) 27.

13. When Ila was ten, what was the name of her ayah?
(a) Louisa.
(b) Lizzie.
(c) Maisie.
(d) Bette.

14. When the narrator's grandmother is sick and dying, where is Ila studying?
(a) University of Cambridge.
(b) University College.
(c) Bournemouth University.
(d) Coventry University.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tridib say is the house number of the widow Price who he visits in London?

2. What instrument does May Price play?

3. How old was Tridib when he went to England with his parents?

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

5. What address does Nick Price ask the narrator to find when they first meet?

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