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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator's grandmother is sick and dying, where is Ila studying?
(a) Coventry University.
(b) University of Cambridge.
(c) Bournemouth University.
(d) University College.

2. When Tridib first talked to the narrator about his journey to England, how old was Tridib?
(a) About 25.
(b) 27.
(c) 23.
(d) Not much older than 29.

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

4. How did Alan Tresawsen claim to have injured his right arm?
(a) Car accident.
(b) The war.
(c) Manufacturing accident.
(d) Motorcycle accident.

5. What did Mrs. Price remember that Tridib wanted to do when he grew up?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Air-raid warden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Ila's doll and the name she gives the child she pretends to have when she and the narrator play house?

2. What does May tell the narrator that Nick wants to do for a career?

3. How old was Alan Tresawsen in 1939?

4. What is the name of the little girl who does not like Ila's pretend daughter when Ila and the narrator play house?

5. Where did Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca live in 1939?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the room like where Mrs. Price directs the narrator when he visits?

2. How does Tha'mma keep the flat where the family lives so they cannot waste their time?

3. What is the story of a very large table that is stored at the old family house in Raibajar?

4. What was known about an injury Alan Tresawsen had?

5. When did Tridib and May start a correspondence and why?

6. What does Nick say about Kuwait?

7. When the narrator comes to London on a study grant, how does he describe Mrs. Price?

8. How did the narrator feel about the Underground in London?

9. In Ila's story when she and the narrator were nine, what happened to Magda?

10. Who was Lionel Tresawsen?

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