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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) Alan.
(c) Richard.
(d) Harry.

2. How many patents did Lionel Tresawsen take out during the five years he lived in Malaysia?
(a) 11.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

3. How often is Tridib seen on the street corners around Gole Park?
(a) Every other month.
(b) Every other week.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Once or twice a month.

4. Where did Ila want to go before Robi went back to Darjeeling?
(a) A pub.
(b) Royal Hotel.
(c) Grand Hotel.
(d) A bar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Robi was in boarding school, how long did a bully he beat up have to spend in the hospital?

2. What did Ila, Robi, and the narrator drink when they went to a nightclub before Robi returned to Darjeeling?

3. When did the narrator's father's aunt go to England with her husband and her son?

4. When the narrator is in England for a research grant, what does he hear May Price play at the Royal Festival Hall?

5. What industry did the narrator's father work in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Nick say about Kuwait?

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

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

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

7. Why is Tha'mma wrong when she says that Tridib lives in his crumbling house doing nothing?

8. How does Tha'mma keep the flat where the family lives so they cannot waste their time?

9. What is the story of a very large table that is stored at the old family house in Raibajar?

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

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