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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. When Robi was in boarding school, how long did a bully he beat up have to spend in the hospital?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 3 days.

2. How old was Nick Price when the narrator's father first met him?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

3. How many grandchildren are in Ila's family?
(a) Ony her.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

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

5. When the narrator visited London with Ila, what type of cafe did she take him to on Neal Street?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was it when Ila's family took the narrator and his family to visit their old family house in Raibajar when they were ten?

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

3. Where was May Price when the narrator's father visited her mother and brother?

4. What instrument does May Price play?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Lionel Tresawsen?

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Alan's friend, Dan?

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

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

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

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