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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 151b-200a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Mike die when his minesweeper was torpedoed by a U-boat?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

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

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

4. When did the narrator's father become General Manager of his firm?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1967.

5. How many years of Tha'mma's married life did she spend in a succession of railway colonies?
(a) 9.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ila's mother allow to run free in her garden when they live in Colombo?

2. When the narrator is in London on a study grant, where does Ila get a job?

3. Where was Francesca sent to an interment camp in 1940?

4. How often does the narrator's grandmother think that his mother should listen to the afternoon radio play?

5. What did Ila want to hide under and play house when they went to visit their old family house in Raibajar when they were ten?

(see the answer key)

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