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

2. What does May do when she is not playing in an orchestra?
(a) Working in a flower shop.
(b) Working for relief agencies.
(c) Volunteering at a library.
(d) Writing.

3. Where does Ila offer to take the narrator to a Bangladeshi place for dinner after meeting Nick?
(a) Chelsea.
(b) Clapham.
(c) Kensington.
(d) Brixton.

4. When Ila, Robi, and the narrator went out before Robi went back to Darjeeling, how many men were in the band at the nightclub?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does May Price play?

2. How many grandchildren are in Ila's family?

3. How often might Tridib's parents spend a month or two in Calcutta?

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

5. Where did Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca live in 1939?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Alan's friend, Dan?

3. Who was Lionel Tresawsen?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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