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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the only game that the narrator's grandmother has in the house?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Mahjong.
(c) Chess.
(d) Ludo set.

3. Why did Ila want to live in London?
(a) To be free.
(b) To go to school.
(c) Her boyfriend lived there.
(d) To get a good job.

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

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

6. 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) Alan.
(d) Harry.

7. What was the name of Ila's doll and the name she gives the child she pretends to have when she and the narrator play house?
(a) Magda.
(b) Helga.
(c) Priscilla.
(d) Meredith.

8. 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.

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

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

11. Where does Ila offer to take the narrator to a Bangladeshi place for dinner after meeting Nick?
(a) Clapham.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) Brixton.
(d) Kensington.

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

13. How many grandchildren are in Ila's family?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) Ony her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of vehicle did Ila's parents drive when she was ten and they visited Calcutta?

2. In 1941, of the foursome--Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca--which of them would be dead in 1941?

3. How often does the narrator's grandmother think that his mother should listen to the afternoon radio play?

4. What color eyes does Tridib say that Mrs. Price's daughter May has?

5. What does May do when she is not playing in an orchestra?

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