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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 is the narrator wearing when he waks from Charing Cross to Stockwell and Ila is disgusted by his clothes?
(a) Red anorak and khakis.
(b) Polo and blue jeans.
(c) Blue anorak and faded corduroy jeans.
(d) T-shirt and faded blue jeans.

2. Where was Kerry, the American art student who lived in the room next to the narrator in London, from?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Denver.
(c) Amarillo.
(d) Atlanta.

3. For when did the narrator's father buy a ticket to Dhaka for Tha'mma?
(a) March 1964.
(b) January 1964.
(c) February 1964.
(d) April 1964.

4. When Tridib, May, and the narrator were driving to Diamond Harbor, what animal did they see in the road that May wanted to help?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Dog.
(c) Goat.
(d) Cat.

5. What color were May's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Grey.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator meets Ila and Nick to go shopping, what is Nick reading?

2. Where do Ila, Nick, and the narrator arrange to meet when Ila wants to take the narrator clothes shopping?

3. What was the name of the narrator's mathematics teacher in 1964?

4. On Brick Lane, what did the mosque used to be?

5. What month did the narrator fly back to Delhi after he came to London for a study fellowship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Dan die in 1940?

2. How does Tha'mma feel about a promotion Shaheb receives?

3. What does the narrator say about Tha'mma's job?

4. What did Tridib think of May when he saw her as a baby?

5. What happened between Tha'mma and the narrator's mother shortly after Tha'mma retired?

6. Where did May sleep in her flat and why?

7. How did Alan Tresawsen die?

8. Why did Nick and Ila have two weddings, and what were their weddings like?

9. What did May remember that Tridib's room looked like the first time she saw it?

10. Why was the narrator late for the wedding dinner for Ila and Nick?

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