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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color silk was Ila wearing at dinner at the Price's after she and Nick were married in a civil ceremony?
(a) Magenta.
(b) Crimson.
(c) Mauve.
(d) Blue.

2. What type of tree did Nityananda teach Robi to climb when his family lived in Dhaka?
(a) Mango.
(b) Bamboo.
(c) Betelnut.
(d) Jackfruit.

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

4. How much did the narrator spend on a wedding gift for Il and Nick?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 35 pounds.
(c) 30 pounds.
(d) 25 pounds.

5. What day of the week did the narrator visit Mrs. Price before he flew from London to Delhi after his study fellowship?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

6. How old was Tha'mma when her husband died?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 34.
(d) 27.

7. Where did the narrator's family move after his father became General Manager of his firm?
(a) Jessore Road.
(b) Southern Avenue.
(c) Park Street.
(d) Amherst Street.

8. Where did Ila's parents buy her and Nick a flat in London?
(a) Clapham Common.
(b) Brockwell Park.
(c) Wandsworth Common.
(d) Grosevenor Way.

9. Where do Ila, Nick, and the narrator arrange to meet when Ila wants to take the narrator clothes shopping?
(a) Southhampton Arms.
(b) French House.
(c) Kembles Head.
(d) Chesham Arms.

10. What does Nick say that chartered accounts are paid when they start working in London?
(a) 8,000 pounds.
(b) 15,000 pounds.
(c) 12,000 pounds.
(d) 10,000 pounds.

11. What does Mrs. Price serve for Christmas eve when the author is in London on a study grant?
(a) Goose.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Duck.
(d) Turkey.

12. What month did the narrator fly back to Delhi after he came to London for a study fellowship?
(a) November.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) October.

13. What was the name of the narrator's mathematics teacher in 1964?
(a) Mrs. Baker.
(b) Mrs. Anderson.
(c) Mrs. Robinson.
(d) Mrs. Miller.

14. What day of the week did May fast?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

15. What year did the narrator turn ten?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scent did May use when she stayed in the narrator's parents' guest room when she visited India?

2. When was the Great Terror in Calcutta?

3. When did the narrator's father become General Manager of his firm?

4. Where was Kerry, the American art student who lived in the room next to the narrator in London, from?

5. When did Tha'mma first start teaching in a girls' high school?

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