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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. 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) Goat.
(c) Cat.
(d) Dog.

2. Before the narrator left London, where did he arrange to meet Ila?
(a) Hampton Court.
(b) Trafalgar Square.
(c) Fulham.
(d) Chiswick.

3. After Ila's wedding and the narrator stayed at May's flat, what did she fix him for breakfast?
(a) Toast, scrambled eggs, and tomato juice.
(b) Oatmeal and orange juice.
(c) Fried eggs, toast, and orange juice.
(d) Oatmeal and tomato juice.

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

5. When did Mike die when his minesweeper was torpedoed by a U-boat?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of tree did Nityananda teach Robi to climb when his family lived in Dhaka?

2. Where did Tha'mma grow up?

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

4. What scent did May use when she stayed in the narrator's parents' guest room when she visited India?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Dan die in 1940?

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

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

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

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

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

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