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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 did Tha'mma grow up?
(a) Chennai.
(b) Dhaka.
(c) Jaipur.
(d) Mumbai.

2. After the narrator argues with Ila on Brick Street, how long is it before he sees her again?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) A fortnight.
(d) 8 days.

3. How old was Robi in 1964?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 14.

4. What does Nick say that chartered accounts are paid when they start working in London?
(a) 10,000 pounds.
(b) 8,000 pounds.
(c) 15,000 pounds.
(d) 12,000 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Great Terror in Calcutta?

2. What does Mrs. Price serve for Christmas eve when the author is in London on a study grant?

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

4. What was the name of the narrator's best friend at the time Tha'mma retired from teaching?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Dan die in 1940?

4. Why was Ila upset when she and the narrator met one last time before he returned to Delhi?

5. Why does May say that Nick left his job in Kuwait?

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

7. Why does Nick say that he left his job in Kuwait?

8. How did Alan Tresawsen die?

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

10. How did Ila's parents arrange for the present they got her and Nick for their wedding?

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