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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Price wearing when the narrator meets her?
(a) Navy skirt, light-blue blouse, and navy cardigan.
(b) Brown skirt, cream blouse, brown cardigan.
(c) Black skirt, red blouse, and white cardigan.
(d) Military-green skirt, white blouse, and grey cardigan.

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

3. In 1941, of the foursome--Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca--which of them would be dead in 1941?
(a) All of the them.
(b) Francesca.
(c) Alan, Mike, and Dan.
(d) Alan and Francesca.

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

5. When was the narrator born?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1949.

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

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

8. 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) 40 years.
(b) 37 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 43 years.

9. How old were Lionel Tresawen's children when his wife determined they should move back to England?
(a) 12 and 10.
(b) 11 and 9.
(c) 8 and 6.
(d) 9 and 7.

10. 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?
(a) August.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) September.

11. What does May do when she is not playing in an orchestra?
(a) Working in a flower shop.
(b) Writing.
(c) Volunteering at a library.
(d) Working for relief agencies.

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

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

14. Where did Ila want to go before Robi went back to Darjeeling?
(a) Grand Hotel.
(b) Royal Hotel.
(c) A bar.
(d) A pub.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ila and the narrator were eight, how long had it been since Snipe Price died?

2. What was the name of the woman who sang when Ila, Robi, and the narrator went out together before Robi went back to Darjeeling?

3. What is the only game that the narrator's grandmother has in the house?

4. What did Dan have a degree in in 1939?

5. What color hair does Nick Price have?

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