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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ila's wedding, where did May and the narrator go to collect money for famine relief?
(a) Oxford and Ramilles Streets.
(b) Oxford and Wells Streets.
(c) Oxford and Regent Streets.
(d) Oxford and Davies Streets.

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

3. Where does Ila want to take the narrator where there are cheap retail shops run by Indians and Bangladeshis?
(a) Edgware.
(b) Brick Lane.
(c) Islington.
(d) Stanmore.

4. What color silk was Ila wearing at dinner at the Price's after she and Nick were married in a civil ceremony?
(a) Magenta.
(b) Blue.
(c) Mauve.
(d) Crimson.

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

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

7. Who was the hero in a story that Snipe told Tridib in 1940 before Tridib and his parents returned to India?
(a) Olaf.
(b) Baldur.
(c) Tristan.
(d) Aeric.

8. What type of tree did Nityananda teach Robi to climb when his family lived in Dhaka?
(a) Mango.
(b) Jackfruit.
(c) Bamboo.
(d) Betelnut.

9. What did May do the first time she met Tridib?
(a) Kissed him on both cheeks.
(b) Made a peace sign.
(c) Shook his hand.
(d) Gave him a hug.

10. When May and Tridib met in India, when was the last time he had seen her?
(a) 8 years.
(b) When she was a toddler.
(c) When she was a baby.
(d) 15 years.

11. 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 father.
(d) Her mother.

12. How old was Tha'mma when she retired from teaching?
(a) 60.
(b) 65.
(c) 66.
(d) 62.

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

14. How much taller was Kerry than the narrator?
(a) 2 inches.
(b) 4 inches.
(c) 8 inches.
(d) 5 inches.

15. Where do Ila and the narrator sleep on Christmas eve when they cannot go back to their lodgings?
(a) Attic.
(b) Basement.
(c) Dining room.
(d) Living room.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator is in London on a study grant, where does he spend Christmas Eve?

2. What does Nick say that chartered accounts are paid when they start working in London?

3. On the night in 1940 when Dan grew tired of sleeping on mattresses below the stairs, where had the roommates gone to a demonstration?

4. How many years of Tha'mma's married life did she spend in a succession of railway colonies?

5. Where do Ila, Nick, and the narrator arrange to meet when Ila wants to take the narrator clothes shopping?

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