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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Mrs. Price's brother who she invited to meet The Shaheb, Mayadebi, and Tridib in 1939?
(a) William.
(b) Richard.
(c) Alan.
(d) Harry.

2. When Ila and the narrator were eight, how long had it been since Snipe Price died?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) A year.

3. What does Tridib say is the house number of the widow Price who he visits in London?
(a) 13.
(b) 58.
(c) 39.
(d) 44.

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

5. What is the narrator's grandmother's occupation?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Schoolteacher.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ila offer to take the narrator to a Bangladeshi place for dinner after meeting Nick?

2. How old is Nick Price when the narrator meets him in London?

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

4. How much older is Tridib's brother Jatin-kaku than Tridib?

5. What did Mrs. Price remember that Tridib wanted to do when he grew up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and when did the narrator meet May Price?

2. What does Nick say about Kuwait?

3. Who was Alan's friend, Dan?

4. How did the narrator feel about the Underground in London?

5. When Ila's family would come back to Calcutta for a holiday, what souvenirs would they bring?

6. In Ila's story when she and the narrator were nine, what happened to Magda?

7. What does the narrator say about his father's first meeting wih Nick?

8. Who was Lionel Tresawsen?

9. How did a monitor lizard save Ila when she and her parents lived in Colombo?

10. What is known about a visit Tridib made to London in 1939?

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