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In Anita and Me, where does the main character Meena Kumar grow up?
ABirmingham city centre
BWolverhampton
CThe fictional village of Tollington✓
DLondon's East End
Rationale
Meena Kumar is raised in Tollington, a made-up village in the Black Country region of the West Midlands. Her Punjabi family is among the few South Asian families living there. This semi-rural, working-class environment plays a crucial role in the novel's themes of identity and belonging.
What is the name of the narrator and protagonist of Anita and Me?
AAnita Rutter
BMeena Kumar✓
CSunita Sharma
DPriya Patel Meena Kumar is a nine-year-old British-Indian girl living in the fictional Midlands village of Tollington during the 1970s. Her coming-of-age journey is the central focus of the novel.
In Anita and Me, where does Meena Kumar and her family call home?
ABirmingham city centre
BTollington, a small mining village in the Black Country✓
CLondon's East End
DA suburb of Manchester
Rationale
Meena and her Punjabi family are the sole Indian family in Tollington, a fictional working-class village in the Black Country (the West Midlands). This backdrop plays a crucial role in the novel's themes of identity, belonging, and cultural differences.