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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 scent did May use when she stayed in the narrator's parents' guest room when she visited India?
2. When was the Great Terror in Calcutta?
3. Before the narrator left London, where did he arrange to meet Ila?
4. When did Mike die when his minesweeper was torpedoed by a U-boat?
5. After Ila's wedding, where did May and the narrator go to collect money for famine relief?
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 did May and the narrator do after breakfast the morning after he stayed at her flat?
3. What was May's reaction to the Victoria Memorial, and how did Tridib try to help her?
4. What happened when the narrator went to school in 1964 shortly after Tadib, May, and Tha'mma went to Dhaka?
5. What does Nick do for Ila and her housemates?
6. What happened between Tha'mma and the narrator's mother shortly after Tha'mma retired?
7. What did Tridib think of May when he saw her as a baby?
8. What is Brick Lane like when the narrator visits with Nick and Ila?
9. Why does Nick say that he left his job in Kuwait?
10. Why did Nick and Ila have two weddings, and what were their weddings like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The narrator tells his grandmother a story about Ila and bullies. Why does the story start an argument? What does the argument reveal about Tha’mma’s attitude toward Ila?
Essay Topic 2
The narrator is able to imagine places and people he has never met. How is the narrator able to imagine places and people he has never met? How does he use his imagination to bring stories he hears to life enough that he can go somewhere he has never been and find his way?
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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