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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. What day of the week did May fast?

2. When May visited India, what did she give a cotton-man for playing his single-stringed tool?

3. When May had gone to meet Tridib for the first time, where did she plan to go first before she saw him?

4. When was the Great Terror in Calcutta?

5. What day of the week did the narrator visit Mrs. Price before he flew from London to Delhi after his study fellowship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who does Ila live with in London, and what do they do in the evenings?

7. How did Alan Tresawsen die?

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

9. What happened when the narrator went to school in 1964 shortly after Tadib, May, and Tha'mma went to Dhaka?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Robi is well respected at college. Why is Robi well respected at college? What do scruples have to do with his reputation?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery uses the five senses to help readers imagine concepts. Symbolism uses objects or ideas to present a concept. How does Barnett use imagery and symbols to represent and describe freedom?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does the author use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

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