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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 50-95a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does grandmother like to make Tridib and other visitors to eat?
(a) Soup.
(b) Pie.
(c) Omelette.
(d) Cake.

2. What was the name of Ila's doll and the name she gives the child she pretends to have when she and the narrator play house?
(a) Priscilla.
(b) Magda.
(c) Helga.
(d) Meredith.

3. When was the narrator born?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1949.

4. When the narrator first meets Nick Price in London, where has Robi thought that Nick was spending his time?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York City.
(d) Kuwait.

5. What is Tridib studying for his PhD?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Archaeology.
(c) Education.
(d) Engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the narrator's father's aunt go to England with her husband and her son?

2. When Ila and the narrator were eight, how long had it been since Snipe Price died?

3. What month was it when Ila's family took the narrator and his family to visit their old family house in Raibajar when they were ten?

4. What is the narrator's grandmother's occupation?

5. What type of farm was at the back of the house where Ila and her family lived when she was ten?

(see the answer key)

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