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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. Where did Tha'mma grow up?

2. Where did the narrator have a room when he came to London for a study fellowship?

3. Who was the hero in a story that Snipe told Tridib in 1940 before Tridib and his parents returned to India?

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

5. What year did the narrator turn ten?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Dan die in 1940?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Mike die?

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

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

Tha’mma is a very opinionated and domineering woman. In what way is Tha’mma a very opinionated and domineering woman? How does that affect her relationship with her family?

Essay Topic 3

Tridib is a strong influence on the narrator. Why does Tridib have a strong influence on the narrator? What type of relationship does the narrator have with Tridib?

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