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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 was the narrator born?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1947.

2. Why did Ila want to live in London?
(a) To go to school.
(b) To get a good job.
(c) To be free.
(d) Her boyfriend lived there.

3. What type of dog is an old lady walking on Solent Road when the narrator meets Nick Price?
(a) Dachshund.
(b) Chihuahua.
(c) Poodle.
(d) Pekinese.

4. Aftr Robi stopped Ila from dancing before he returned to Darjeeling, what did he give the waiter as they left?
(a) 20 rupees.
(b) 75 rupees.
(c) 50 rupees.
(d) 100 rupess.

5. What does grandmother like to make Tridib and other visitors to eat?
(a) Cake.
(b) Pie.
(c) Soup.
(d) Omelette.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alan Tresawsen in 1939?

2. What color hair does Nick Price have?

3. What address does Nick Price ask the narrator to find when they first meet?

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

5. What does May tell the narrator that Nick wants to do for a career?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Nick when he first meets him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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