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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only game that the narrator's grandmother has in the house?
(a) Ludo set.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Chess.
(d) Mahjong.

2. What does May do when she is not playing in an orchestra?
(a) Volunteering at a library.
(b) Writing.
(c) Working in a flower shop.
(d) Working for relief agencies.

3. What industry did the narrator's father work in?
(a) Electronics.
(b) Defense.
(c) Rubber.
(d) Steel.

4. How many students did the school have when Tha'mma first started teaching at a girls' high school?
(a) 45.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 50.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator's grandmother was dying, where was he going to school?

2. When the narrator visits Brick Lane with Ila and Nick, what establishment is in the house that Alan Tresawsen used to live in?

3. How old was Tha'mma when her husband died?

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

5. Where is the computer scientist from with whom Ila shares a house?

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