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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Tree.
(b) Sideboard.
(c) Table.
(d) Bush.

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

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

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

5. What does May tell the narrator that Nick wants to do for a career?
(a) Manufacturer.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Engineer.

6. What did Dan have a degree in in 1939?
(a) Medieval history.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) English literature.

7. Aftr Robi stopped Ila from dancing before he returned to Darjeeling, what did he give the waiter as they left?
(a) 75 rupees.
(b) 50 rupees.
(c) 100 rupess.
(d) 20 rupees.

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

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

10. How old was Tridib when he went to England with his parents?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

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

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

13. When Tridib first talked to the narrator about his journey to England, how old was Tridib?
(a) About 25.
(b) 23.
(c) 27.
(d) Not much older than 29.

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

15. What did Mrs. Price remember that Tridib wanted to do when he grew up?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Air-raid warden.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alan Tresawsen in 1939?

2. When was the narrator born?

3. When did the narrator's father's aunt go to England with her husband and her son?

4. What instrument does May Price play?

5. How old were Lionel Tresawen's children when his wife determined they should move back to England?

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