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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. How old was Tha'mma when her grandfather died?

2. Where do Ila, Nick, and the narrator arrange to meet when Ila wants to take the narrator clothes shopping?

3. What brand of jackets does Nick wear when the narrator first meets him?

4. When was the Great Terror in Calcutta?

5. What does Nick say that chartered accounts are paid when they start working in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mike die?

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

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

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

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

6. What happened between Tha'mma and the narrator's mother shortly after Tha'mma retired?

7. What happened when Tridib, May, and the narrator were driving to the Diamond Harbor?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Tha’mma grew up in a house with a large extended family. How many branches of the family lived in the house where Tha’mma grew up? What challenges did the residents face because of the complicated family dynamics?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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