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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bakul say to Tara when she decides to stay with her family that morning instead of going with him to New Delhi?
(a) She has gone back to being the hopeless person she was before he married her
(b) She deserves time with her family after spending so much time taking care of his needs
(c) She has made a wise decision that he agrees with
(d) He wants a divorce

2. Why are the Misras sisters still living at the family home?
(a) They want to be with their brothers
(b) They have a home based internet business
(c) Their husbands have abandoned them
(d) They were wounded in the war

3. What do the Misras sisters want Bakul, Bim and Tara to do that night?
(a) Take the brothers to a bar
(b) Stay for dinner
(c) Come to Calcutta with them
(d) Iron their saris

4. What childhood event do the Misras sisters remind Tara of that night?
(a) When their parents died
(b) When the mad dog was shot at school
(c) When the bees attacked Bim
(d) When the children first see Hyder Ali Sahib

5. When Bakul sees Bim with her students, what does he think?
(a) That Bim is a bad teacher
(b) That Bim is in love with one of her students
(c) That Bim has grown fat and ugly
(d) That perhaps he has married the wrong sister

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did her father give her mother injections?

2. Why is it so strange for Bim to ask Baba if he is going to the office that morning?

3. What family pet joins the sisters in the garden?

4. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?

5. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?

(see the answer key)

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