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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) Omelette.
(b) Cake.
(c) Soup.
(d) Pie.

2. What tutor does the narrator have in the afternoons on page 10?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Science.
(d) Math.

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

4. How much older is Tridib's brother Jatin-kaku than Tridib?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 2 years.

5. When the narrator and Ila were ten, where was her family living?
(a) Colombo.
(b) Luzon.
(c) Taiwan.
(d) Rio de Janeiro.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many grandchildren are in Ila's family?

2. How often might Tridib's parents spend a month or two in Calcutta?

3. What did Ila, Robi, and the narrator drink when they went to a nightclub before Robi returned to Darjeeling?

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

5. What is Tridib studying for his PhD?

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