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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 color silk was Ila wearing at dinner at the Price's after she and Nick were married in a civil ceremony?

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

3. Where is Ila's housemate from who is in the Anti-Nazi League?

4. What is the narrator wearing when he waks from Charing Cross to Stockwell and Ila is disgusted by his clothes?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Nick do for Ila and her housemates?

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

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

6. How does Tha'mma feel about a promotion Shaheb receives?

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

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

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

10. How did Alan Tresawsen die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ila and Nick marry. When does Nick begin having affairs? How does Ila face the fact that he is having an affair? How does the way that she handles the issue affect the marriage and her relationship with Nick?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How did Tridib die? Was his death a sacrifice?

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