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

2. What day of the week did May fast?

3. When Tridib took May and the narrator to the Victoria Memorial, what did Tridib give the narrator to get something to eat?

4. On Brick Lane, what did the mosque used to be?

5. When was the Great Terror in Calcutta?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Alan Tresawsen die?

2. 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?

3. How did Dan die in 1940?

4. Why does Ila think there is a kind of heroism in the deaths of Alan and Dan?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does the author use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

Essay Topic 3

Imagery uses the five senses to help readers imagine concepts. Symbolism uses objects or ideas to present a concept. How does Barnett use imagery and symbols to represent and describe freedom?

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