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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. Where is the computer scientist from with whom Ila shares a house?
(a) Germany.
(b) Ireland.
(c) France.
(d) Scotland.
2. What color silk was Ila wearing at dinner at the Price's after she and Nick were married in a civil ceremony?
(a) Magenta.
(b) Blue.
(c) Crimson.
(d) Mauve.
3. When did Tha'mma first start teaching in a girls' high school?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1941.
4. How old was Tha'mma when she retired from teaching?
(a) 62.
(b) 60.
(c) 66.
(d) 65.
5. For how many years was Tha'mma headmistress of the school where she taught?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of tree did Nityananda teach Robi to climb when his family lived in Dhaka?
2. What type of coat did Ila wear when the met the narrator before he left London?
3. How far was the journey from England to India?
4. When the narrator meets Ila and Nick to go shopping, what is Nick reading?
5. When May and the narrator met again after Ila's wedding, how long had it been since May's visit to India to see Tridib?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Ila think there is a kind of heroism in the deaths of Alan and Dan?
2. How did Alan Tresawsen die?
3. What happened when the narrator went to school in 1964 shortly after Tadib, May, and Tha'mma went to Dhaka?
4. What does Nick do for Ila and her housemates?
5. How does Tha'mma feel about a promotion Shaheb receives?
6. After the narrator spent the night at May's after Ila's wedding, what did she fix him for breakfast and why did she not eat?
7. What is Brick Lane like when the narrator visits with Nick and Ila?
8. Who does Ila live with in London, and what do they do in the evenings?
9. Why was Ila upset when she and the narrator met one last time before he returned to Delhi?
10. What did May and the narrator do after breakfast the morning after he stayed at her flat?
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