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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the narrator's grandmother's occupation?
2. What was the name of Mrs. Price's brother who she invited to meet The Shaheb, Mayadebi, and Tridib in 1939?
3. What was the name of the woman who sang when Ila, Robi, and the narrator went out together before Robi went back to Darjeeling?
4. How has Tridib ruined his digestion?
5. When Ila and the narrator were eight, how long had it been since Snipe Price died?
Short Essay Questions
1. When the narrator comes to London on a study grant, how does he describe Mrs. Price?
2. How does the narrator describe Nick when he first meets him?
3. Where and when did the narrator meet May Price?
4. What was known about an injury Alan Tresawsen had?
5. What is the story of a very large table that is stored at the old family house in Raibajar?
6. What is the room like where Mrs. Price directs the narrator when he visits?
7. When the narrator is nine, how long does Tridib stay away from Gole Park, and what reason does he give for his absence?
8. What does the narrator say about his father's first meeting wih Nick?
9. Who was Lionel Tresawsen?
10. What does Nick say about Kuwait?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The narrator is able to imagine places and people he has never met. How is the narrator able to imagine places and people he has never met? How does he use his imagination to bring stories he hears to life enough that he can go somewhere he has never been and find his way?
Essay Topic 2
How did Tridib die? Was his death a sacrifice?
Essay Topic 3
Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does the author use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?
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