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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Raja say he will go?
(a) To New Delhi and get an apartment
(b) To live with Bakul and Tara
(c) To Hyderabad to live with the family of Hyder Ali Sahib
(d) To America and start a new life

2. How did Raja meet Hyder Ali?
(a) Bim introduced them
(b) At a party at the Misras house
(c) Hyder's horse ran over the boy
(d) Raja was swinging on Hyder Ali's garden gate when he reurned from a ride

3. What do Bim and the old man discuss?
(a) Fate
(b) Indian Partition
(c) Bollywood celebrities
(d) Dr. Biswas

4. Where is Tara spending all of her time?
(a) At the home of the Misras sisters
(b) On the rose path
(c) Under Aunt Mira's bed
(d) At the home of Hyder Ali

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What helps Raja to begin to get better?

3. How does Bim use this old letter from Raja?

4. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?

5. Why can't they visit more often?

(see the answer key)

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