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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What airline did the narrator fly on when he flew from London to Delhi after his study fellowship?
(a) Singapore Airlines.
(b) Thai Airways.
(c) Qatar Airways.
(d) United.

2. When Ila and the narrator played house under the table in Raibajar, when they were children who found them and comforted Ila?
(a) Tridib.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

3. When was the Great Terror in Calcutta?
(a) 1950s and 1960s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1960s and 1970s.

4. What day did Tridib, May, and Tha'mma leave for Dhaka when May first visited Tridib in India?
(a) January 19, 1964.
(b) January 2, 1964.
(c) February 23, 1964.
(d) February 4, 1964.

5. How far was the journey from England to India?
(a) 5,300 miles.
(b) 4,600 miles.
(c) 5,000 miles.
(d) 4,800 miles.

6. How old was Tha'mma when her husband died?
(a) 27.
(b) 34.
(c) 32.
(d) 29.

7. What color were May's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Grey.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

8. When May visited India, what did she give a cotton-man for playing his single-stringed tool?
(a) 1 rupee.
(b) 5 rupees.
(c) 10 rupees.
(d) 3 rupees.

9. What day of the week did May fast?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

10. Where did May take the narrator after they collected money for famine relief?
(a) Coffee shop.
(b) Sandwich bar.
(c) Cafe.
(d) Deli.

11. What part of Dhaka was Mayadebi living in in 1964?
(a) Banani.
(b) Gulshan.
(c) Mirpur.
(d) Dhanmundi.

12. Where did Ila's parents buy her and Nick a flat in London?
(a) Brockwell Park.
(b) Wandsworth Common.
(c) Grosevenor Way.
(d) Clapham Common.

13. How many years of Tha'mma's married life did she spend in a succession of railway colonies?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 9.

14. When did the narrator's father become General Manager of his firm?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1962.

15. For when did the narrator's father buy a ticket to Dhaka for Tha'mma?
(a) April 1964.
(b) February 1964.
(c) March 1964.
(d) January 1964.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator is in London on a study grant, where does Ila get a job?

2. How old was Tha'mma when her grandfather died?

3. How much taller was Kerry than the narrator?

4. What type of tree did Nityananda teach Robi to climb when his family lived in Dhaka?

5. How much did the narrator spend on a wedding gift for Il and Nick?

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