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

2. 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 Davies Streets.
(d) Oxford and Wells Streets.

3. When Ila's parents came to look at a London flat for Ila and Nick, where did they come from?
(a) Tanzania.
(b) Burundi.
(c) Rwanda.
(d) Kenya.

4. What airline did the narrator fly on when he flew from London to Delhi after his study fellowship?
(a) Singapore Airlines.
(b) Thai Airways.
(c) Qatar Airways.
(d) United.

5. Where was Kerry, the American art student who lived in the room next to the narrator in London, from?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Denver.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Amarillo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were May's eyes?

2. What day of the week did the narrator visit Mrs. Price before he flew from London to Delhi after his study fellowship?

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

4. In 1964, what did some men throw at the school bus the narrator and other boys were riding home?

5. What year did the narrator turn ten?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Tridib, May, and the narrator were driving to the Diamond Harbor?

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

3. What does the narrator say about Tha'mma's job?

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

5. Who does Ila live with in London, and what do they do in the evenings?

6. Where did May sleep in her flat and why?

7. How does Tha'mma feel about a promotion Shaheb receives?

8. Why does Ila think there is a kind of heroism in the deaths of Alan and Dan?

9. What happened between Tha'mma and the narrator's mother shortly after Tha'mma retired?

10. How did Dan die in 1940?

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