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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 does Ila want to take the narrator where there are cheap retail shops run by Indians and Bangladeshis?
(a) Brick Lane.
(b) Islington.
(c) Edgware.
(d) Stanmore.

2. How old was Robi in 1964?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

3. After Ila's wedding, where did May and the narrator go to collect money for famine relief?
(a) Oxford and Regent Streets.
(b) Oxford and Ramilles Streets.
(c) Oxford and Wells Streets.
(d) Oxford and Davies Streets.

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

5. When Tridib took May and the narrator to the Victoria Memorial, what did Tridib give the narrator to get something to eat?
(a) 15 rupees.
(b) 10 rupees.
(c) 5 rupees.
(d) 8 rupees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did the narrator turn ten?

2. For how many years was Tha'mma headmistress of the school where she taught?

3. After Ila's wedding and the narrator stayed at May's flat, what did she fix him for breakfast?

4. When Ila's parents came to look at a London flat for Ila and Nick, where did they come from?

5. What part of Dhaka was Mayadebi living in in 1964?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the narrator spent the night at May's after Ila's wedding, what did she fix him for breakfast and why did she not eat?

2. What did May remember that Tridib's room looked like the first time she saw it?

3. How did Ila's parents arrange for the present they got her and Nick for their wedding?

4. Why did Nick and Ila have two weddings, and what were their weddings like?

5. What happened when the narrator went to school in 1964 shortly after Tadib, May, and Tha'mma went to Dhaka?

6. Why was Ila upset when she and the narrator met one last time before he returned to Delhi?

7. How did Mike die?

8. Why does Nick say that he left his job in Kuwait?

9. Why does May say that Nick left his job in Kuwait?

10. What did Tridib think of May when he saw her as a baby?

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