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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Jennifer.
(c) Miss Angelica.
(d) Miss Melinda.

2. When the narrator and Ila were ten, where was her family living?
(a) Taiwan.
(b) Rio de Janeiro.
(c) Colombo.
(d) Luzon.

3. How old was Tridib's brother Robi when he was sent to boarding school?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

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

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

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

7. What tutor does the narrator have in the afternoons on page 10?
(a) Science.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Math.

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

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

10. What industry did the narrator's father work in?
(a) Electronics.
(b) Defense.
(c) Steel.
(d) Rubber.

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

12. When the narrator first meets Nick Price in London, where has Robi thought that Nick was spending his time?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Kuwait.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) New York City.

13. How often is Tridib seen on the street corners around Gole Park?
(a) Once or twice a month.
(b) Every other week.
(c) Every other month.
(d) Once a week.

14. When Ila, Robi, and the narrator went out before Robi went back to Darjeeling, how many men were in the band at the nightclub?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

15. When the narrator is in England for a research grant, what does he hear May Price play at the Royal Festival Hall?
(a) Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor.
(b) Bach Concerto for 2 Violins.
(c) Brahms Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major.
(d) Dvorak Cello Concerto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aftr Robi stopped Ila from dancing before he returned to Darjeeling, what did he give the waiter as they left?

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

3. How old was Alan Tresawsen in 1939?

4. 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?

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

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