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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 do Ila and the narrator sleep on Christmas eve when they cannot go back to their lodgings?
(a) Basement.
(b) Living room.
(c) Attic.
(d) Dining room.

2. After Ila's wedding, where did May and the narrator go to collect money for famine relief?
(a) Oxford and Wells Streets.
(b) Oxford and Ramilles Streets.
(c) Oxford and Regent Streets.
(d) Oxford and Davies Streets.

3. When was the Great Terror in Calcutta?
(a) 1950s and 1960s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1960s and 1970s.

4. For how many years was Tha'mma headmistress of the school where she taught?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 11.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the narrator argues with Ila on Brick Street, how long is it before he sees her again?

2. Where did Tha'mma grow up?

3. What did May do the first time she met Tridib?

4. When did Tha'mma first start teaching in a girls' high school?

5. How old was Robi in 1964?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Dan die in 1940?

3. What did May and the narrator do after breakfast the morning after he stayed at her flat?

4. 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?

5. How did Mike die?

6. Why does Ila think there is a kind of heroism in the deaths of Alan and Dan?

7. How did Alan Tresawsen die?

8. What was May's reaction to the Victoria Memorial, and how did Tridib try to help her?

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

10. What is Brick Lane like when the narrator visits with Nick and Ila?

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