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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 was Francesca sent to an interment camp in 1940?
2. Why did Nick leave Kuwait?
3. When May had gone to meet Tridib for the first time, where did she plan to go first before she saw him?
4. Where do Ila, Nick, and the narrator arrange to meet when Ila wants to take the narrator clothes shopping?
5. When Tridib, May, and the narrator were driving to Diamond Harbor, what animal did they see in the road that May wanted to help?
Short Essay Questions
1. After the narrator spent the night at May's after Ila's wedding, what did she fix him for breakfast and why did she not eat?
2. What is Brick Lane like when the narrator visits with Nick and Ila?
3. What happened when Tridib, May, and the narrator were driving to the Diamond Harbor?
4. What did May remember that Tridib's room looked like the first time she saw it?
5. How did Dan die in 1940?
6. What happened when the narrator went to school in 1964 shortly after Tadib, May, and Tha'mma went to Dhaka?
7. What did May and the narrator do after breakfast the morning after he stayed at her flat?
8. Why does May say that Nick left his job in Kuwait?
9. Why did Nick and Ila have two weddings, and what were their weddings like?
10. How did Ila's parents arrange for the present they got her and Nick for their wedding?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did Tridib die? Was his death a sacrifice?
Essay Topic 2
Tha’mma has a tendency to jump to conclusions. What are some examples of times when Tha’mma jumps to conclusions? How does she base her conclusions on appearances? How do appearances deceive her and make her draw incorrect conclusions?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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