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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. Where did Ila want to go before Robi went back to Darjeeling?
(a) Royal Hotel.
(b) Grand Hotel.
(c) A pub.
(d) A bar.

2. When the narrator is in England for a research grant, what does he hear May Price play at the Royal Festival Hall?
(a) Bach Concerto for 2 Violins.
(b) Brahms Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major.
(c) Dvorak Cello Concerto.
(d) Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor.

3. What instrument does May Price play?
(a) Clarinet.
(b) Piccolo.
(c) English Horn.
(d) Oboe.

4. In 1941, of the foursome--Alan, Mike, Dan, and Francesca--which of them would be dead in 1941?
(a) Francesca.
(b) Alan, Mike, and Dan.
(c) Alan and Francesca.
(d) All of the them.

5. How has Tridib ruined his digestion?
(a) Overeating.
(b) Drinking hard-boiled tea.
(c) Taking antibiotics.
(d) Using antacids.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Ila was ten, what was the name of her ayah?

4. When did the narrator's father's aunt go to England with her husband and her son?

5. When did the narrator's grandmother write a letter to his college?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Ila's family would come back to Calcutta for a holiday, what souvenirs would they bring?

3. Where and when did the narrator meet May Price?

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

5. Why does the narrator's grandmother not approve of Tridib?

6. How did a monitor lizard save Ila when she and her parents lived in Colombo?

7. Why did the narrator not think that Ila was in London for the money?

8. Why is Tha'mma wrong when she says that Tridib lives in his crumbling house doing nothing?

9. Who was Lionel Tresawsen?

10. Where was Robi headed when Ila and the narrator met him at the Kembles Head, a pub, in London?

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