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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 industry did the narrator's father work in?
(a) Rubber.
(b) Defense.
(c) Steel.
(d) Electronics.

2. Why did Tridib go with his parents to London when he was 8?
(a) To visit friends.
(b) His father had a new job postings.
(c) To visit family.
(d) His father had an operation.

3. What did Dan have a degree in in 1939?
(a) Medieval history.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) English literature.
(d) Chemistry.

4. How old was May in 1959?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 23.
(d) 19.

5. In what neighborhood did Nick Price grow up in London?
(a) Clapham.
(b) Wandsworth.
(c) West Hampstead.
(d) Islington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's grandmother's occupation?

2. How old was Mayadebi when she went to England with her husband and her son?

3. What does grandmother like to make Tridib and other visitors to eat?

4. How did Alan Tresawsen claim to have injured his right arm?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrator comes to London on a study grant, how does he describe Mrs. Price?

2. Why did the narrator nearly get expelled from college?

3. Where was Robi headed when Ila and the narrator met him at the Kembles Head, a pub, in London?

4. How has Solent Lane changed since Tridib was there?

5. What is the room like where Mrs. Price directs the narrator when he visits?

6. When the narrator is nine, how long does Tridib stay away from Gole Park, and what reason does he give for his absence?

7. Who was Lionel Tresawsen?

8. When did Tridib and May start a correspondence and why?

9. Why did the narrator not think that Ila was in London for the money?

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

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