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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tara's reaction to Bim's behavior regarding the letter?
(a) Tara is shocked and tries to convince Bim that Raja is not a bad man
(b) Tara agrees that Raja is evil
(c) Tara is too busy looking at her fingernails to listen
(d) Tara decides to show the letter to Bakul to intercede on Bim's behalf

2. What did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?
(a) A job cleaning stables
(b) A job as chauffer
(c) Scholarship to the Muslim university
(d) Full access to his library

3. What helps Raja to begin to get better?
(a) Winter arrives and it is cooler
(b) A letter from Hyder Ali Sahib and his daughter Benazir
(c) He falls in love with one of the Misras sisters
(d) A new medicine brought by Dr. Biswas

4. Who does Dr. Biswas admire above all others?
(a) Beethoven
(b) Elvis Presley
(c) Mozart
(d) Gandhi

5. The sisters remember playing in the sand and along the banks of what nearby river?
(a) Nile
(b) Ganges
(c) Mississippi
(d) Jumna

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Bim's students describe Old Delhi?

2. What does Baba do that surprises everyone?

3. Why does Dr. Biswas think Bim is not interested in his courtship?

4. What world event occurred that year that made such a difference in the lives of the four children?

5. How did Raja meet Hyder Ali?

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