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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) Brown.
(b) Blond.
(c) Ebony.
(d) Straw-colored.

2. What instrument does May Price play?
(a) English Horn.
(b) Clarinet.
(c) Piccolo.
(d) Oboe.

3. Where did Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca live in 1939?
(a) Brick Lane.
(b) Lakeside Terrace.
(c) Gravel Lane.
(d) Quality Court.

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

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

6. How many patents did Lionel Tresawsen take out during the five years he lived in Malaysia?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 11.
(d) 25.

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

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

9. When Ila was eight, how long did her father spend teaching in a university in the north of England?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) A year.

10. What did Ila, Robi, and the narrator drink when they went to a nightclub before Robi returned to Darjeeling?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Mixed drinks.

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

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

13. When the narrator's grandmother was dying, where was he going to school?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Bangalore.
(d) Mumbai.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ila was ten, what was the name of her ayah?

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

3. Where does Ila offer to take the narrator to a Bangladeshi place for dinner after meeting Nick?

4. Why did Ila want to live in London?

5. In 1939, what newspaper did Dan give Tridib when he asked?

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