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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How many siblings does Tridib have?
(a) 1 brother and a sister.
(b) 3 brothers.
(c) 2 brothers and a sister.
(d) 2 brothers.

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

4. How old was May in 1959?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 23.

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

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

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

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

9. Where was May Price when the narrator's father visited her mother and brother?
(a) Erding.
(b) Darmstadt.
(c) Bayreuth.
(d) Hamburg.

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

11. What type of vehicle did Ila's parents drive when she was ten and they visited Calcutta?
(a) Studebaker.
(b) Ford.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Chevy.

12. What color eyes does Tridib say that Mrs. Price's daughter May has?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

13. 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 Linda.
(c) Miss Jennifer.
(d) Miss Melinda.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Nick Price when the narrator meets him in London?

2. When Ila was eight, how long did her father spend teaching in a university in the north of England?

3. How many patents did Lionel Tresawsen take out during the five years he lived in Malaysia?

4. When the narrator first meets Nick Price in London, where has Robi thought that Nick was spending his time?

5. How old was Alan Tresawsen in 1939?

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