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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Tridib's brother Robi when he was sent to boarding school?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

2. What does Ila's mother allow to run free in her garden when they live in Colombo?
(a) Green forest lizard.
(b) Monitor lizard.
(c) Keeled Indian mabuya.
(d) Rhino horned lizard.

3. What color eyes does Tridib say that Mrs. Price's daughter May has?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Gray.
(d) Blue.

4. When the narrator's grandmother was dying, where was he going to school?
(a) Mumbai.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Bangalore.
(d) Calcutta.

5. Why did Tridib go with his parents to London when he was 8?
(a) To visit family.
(b) His father had a new job postings.
(c) To visit friends.
(d) His father had an operation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was May Price when the narrator's father visited her mother and brother?

2. In 1941, of the foursome--Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca--which of them would be dead in 1941?

3. When Tridib first talked to the narrator about his journey to England, how old was Tridib?

4. What did Dan have a degree in in 1939?

5. When Ila was eight, how long did her father spend teaching in a university in the north of England?

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