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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 95b-151a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often might Tridib's parents spend a month or two in Calcutta?
(a) Every 2 or 3 years.
(b) Every couple years.
(c) About every 4 years.
(d) Every other year.

2. Aftr Robi stopped Ila from dancing before he returned to Darjeeling, what did he give the waiter as they left?
(a) 20 rupees.
(b) 50 rupees.
(c) 100 rupess.
(d) 75 rupees.

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?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) November.
(d) October.

4. When did the narrator's father's aunt go to England with her husband and her son?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1935.

5. How often is Tridib seen on the street corners around Gole Park?
(a) Every other week.
(b) Once or twice a month.
(c) Every other month.
(d) Once a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator meets Nick Price, how long has it been since an incendiary bomb fell on Lymington Mansions and burned down two floors?

2. When the narrator first meets Nick Price in London, where has Robi thought that Nick was spending his time?

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

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

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

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