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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bim return with from Hyder Ali Sahib's house?
(a) A dog, a servant, and the gramophone
(b) Books, a dog and a car
(c) A dog, a cat, and some food
(d) Furniture, money and some letters

2. Bakul is waiting for them on the veranda. What music greets the sisters when they join Bakul?
(a) Baba's old 78 records
(b) Aunt Mira playing the flute
(c) Country music from the Misras home
(d) Bakul's transister radio

3. How do Bim's students describe Old Delhi?
(a) A bustling business center
(b) A vibrant city representing progress
(c) As a great cemetery, with every house a tomb
(d) The place where they wish to live forever

4. What language does Raja admire the most?
(a) English
(b) HIndi
(c) Urdu
(d) Spanish

5. How does Bim treat Tara, even as an adult?
(a) With love and respect
(b) Like a close friend
(c) Like a younger, weaker sister who is there to be manipulated
(d) Like a competitor or a rival

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bim say when Bakul suggests she talk with Raja before selling?

2. What poet does Bim read to Raja to make him calm down?

3. What papers does she decide to go through?

4. In the summer of what year does Bim think time stopped for the family?

5. Why is Tara so shocked at Bim's descriptions of Raja and his family?

(see the answer key)

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