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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Alan Tresawsen claim to have injured his right arm?

2. How old was Nick Price when the narrator's father first met him?

3. How old is Nick Price when the narrator meets him in London?

4. What address does Nick Price ask the narrator to find when they first meet?

5. What industry did the narrator's father work in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the narrator not think that Ila was in London for the money?

2. When Ila's family would come back to Calcutta for a holiday, what souvenirs would they bring?

3. Who was Lionel Tresawsen?

4. How did a monitor lizard save Ila when she and her parents lived in Colombo?

5. How has Solent Lane changed since Tridib was there?

6. What is known about a visit Tridib made to London in 1939?

7. When the narrator comes to London on a study grant, how does he describe Mrs. Price?

8. Why is Tha'mma wrong when she says that Tridib lives in his crumbling house doing nothing?

9. What does the narrator say about his father's first meeting wih Nick?

10. What does Nick say about Kuwait?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tha’mma grew up in a house with a large extended family. How many branches of the family lived in the house where Tha’mma grew up? What challenges did the residents face because of the complicated family dynamics?

Essay Topic 2

Ila, Robi, and the narrator go to a nightclub. Why is Robi upset with how Ila behaves at the nightclub? What does his attitude reveal about gender roles in India at that time?

Essay Topic 3

Tha’mma retired from her job at a girls’ high school when the narrator was ten. Was Tha’mma looking forward to retirement? Why did she find the adjustment difficult?

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