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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tridib took May and the narrator to the Victoria Memorial, what did Tridib give the narrator to get something to eat?
(a) 15 rupees.
(b) 8 rupees.
(c) 5 rupees.
(d) 10 rupees.

2. On Brick Lane with Ila and Nick, what sweets does the narrator smell wafting out of a sweet-shop?
(a) Indian milk balls.
(b) Kheer.
(c) Rosogollas.
(d) Carrot pudding.

3. What brand of jackets does Nick wear when the narrator first meets him?
(a) Versace.
(b) Dolce & Gabbana.
(c) Valentino.
(d) Armani.

4. After the narrator argues with Ila on Brick Street, how long is it before he sees her again?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 5 days.
(d) A fortnight.

5. What does Nick say that chartered accounts are paid when they start working in London?
(a) 15,000 pounds.
(b) 12,000 pounds.
(c) 8,000 pounds.
(d) 10,000 pounds.

6. Where do Ila, Nick, and the narrator arrange to meet when Ila wants to take the narrator clothes shopping?
(a) Kembles Head.
(b) Southhampton Arms.
(c) Chesham Arms.
(d) French House.

7. When did Tha'mma first start teaching in a girls' high school?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1940.

8. What month did the narrator fly back to Delhi after he came to London for a study fellowship?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) August.

9. What scent did May use when she stayed in the narrator's parents' guest room when she visited India?
(a) Rosewater.
(b) Lavender water.
(c) Hyacinth.
(d) Lily of the Valley.

10. When the narrator saw Ila before he returned home after his study fellowship, from where were the women that Nick was seeing on the side?
(a) France and Germany.
(b) South Africa and Jamaica.
(c) Martinique and Indonesia.
(d) Haiti and Ghana.

11. When did Mike die when his minesweeper was torpedoed by a U-boat?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1943.

12. How many years before Mayadebi's marriage was Tha'mma married?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

14. For how many years was Tha'mma headmistress of the school where she taught?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

15. What is the narrator wearing when he waks from Charing Cross to Stockwell and Ila is disgusted by his clothes?
(a) Red anorak and khakis.
(b) Blue anorak and faded corduroy jeans.
(c) Polo and blue jeans.
(d) T-shirt and faded blue jeans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator have a room when he came to London for a study fellowship?

2. What month in 1940 does the narrator remember that Dan grew tired of trying to sleep on mattresses below the stairs?

3. When May and the narrator met again after Ila's wedding, how long had it been since May's visit to India to see Tridib?

4. Who was the hero in a story that Snipe told Tridib in 1940 before Tridib and his parents returned to India?

5. Where does Ila want to take the narrator where there are cheap retail shops run by Indians and Bangladeshis?

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