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Clear Light of Day | Quiz

Anita Desai
This Study Guide consists of approximately 57 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Clear Light of Day.

Clear Light of Day | Quiz

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1)

What does Tara say she wants to be when she grows up? (from Part 2)

A caregiver
A card player
A teacher
A mother
2)

What does she say to Baba that upsets him? (from Part 4)

She wants him to start going to the office every day
She is selling the family business and he must move in with Raja
She does not love him
She is breaking all of his records
3)

What happened to the father? (from Part 2)

He dies in an automobile accident
He becomes successful in business and leaves
He remarries
He falls in love with Mira
4)

Where is Tara spending all of her time? (from Part 2)

On the rose path
Under Aunt Mira's bed
At the home of Hyder Ali
At the home of the Misras sisters
5)

Who does Dr. Biswas admire above all others? (from Part 2)

Elvis Presley
Beethoven
Mozart
Gandhi
6)

As a child, what was Tara always expecting? (from Part 3)

To be disappointed
To find a treasure or become a princess
To be punished by her parents
To find out she was adopted
7)

Who does Bim direct her anger to? (from Part 4)

Mira
The cow
The cat
Baba
8)

What does Bim do that evening to help calm her mind? (from Part 4)

Drinks wine
Watches a favorite tv program
Reads her old favorite books
Calls Raja and talks for hours
9)

Who is sitting on the veranda while Raja departs the family home? (from Part 2)

Bim alone
Aunt Mira, Tara, and Bakul
Tara, Begum the dog, and Aunt Mira
Bim, Baba and the dog Begum
10)

Who does Raja suggest to take over the family business? (from Part 2)

Aunt Mira
Dr. Biswas
Baba
Tara
11)

When Raja is away from home one afternoon, what do Bim and Tara do? (from Part 3)

They cleaned his room and put fresh flowers in it
They moved his bed to the lawn
They drank his private stash of whiskey and tore his magazines
They put on his clothes, imitate him, disturb his papers in his room and smoke his cigarettes
12)

Why does Aunt Mira ask the chidren's parents for a cow? (from Part 3)

The milk they had been getting delivered was watered down
It was cheaper than buying from the grocery store
She wants a pet
She wanted to murder a cow
13)

What does Dr. Biswas recommend as treatment for Aunt Mira? (from Part 2)

Put her in a home
Give her alcohol
Counseling, and AA meetings
Have her killed
14)

What has happened to the Misras sisters' husbands? (from Part 4)

They have abandoned the sisters
They have been lost at sea
They have died
They have divorced the sitsers
15)

What is wrong with Aunt Mira? (from Part 2)

She has diabetes
She has tuberculosis
She is in love with the gardner
She is slowly going mad and drinking
16)

What event at school upsets Tara so much she lies to avoid it? (from Part 3)

Charity Thursdays
Class picture day
Sports Day
Spelling tests
17)

What has happened to the Misras brothers' wives? (from Part 4)

They have returned to their own families rather than deal with the men
They have pursued careers in the foreign service and travel constantly
They have passed away
They are still at the house, just away shopping
18)

What is one of the most memorable actions she takes against Tara? (from Part 3)

Biim exposes Tara to a swarm of bees
Bim tells Aunt Mira lies about Tara
Bim cuts off all of Tara's hair
Bim suspends Tara's telephone rights
19)

When Bakul sees Bim at her desk the next morning and offers to help with speaking to Sharma, what is her reaction? (from Part 4)

Bim asks him to speak to Sharma
Bim says she is going to sell the family shares to the business
Bim thanks him for his concern
Bim pretends there is no problem
20)

Alone in her room that afternoon, what does Bim realize? (from Part 4)

She really hates being a teacher
She loves her brothers and her sister more than anything, and she needs to forgive and make amends
She wants to leave home
She resents her family
21)

What does Raja say as he is leaving for Hyderabad? (from Part 2)

That he wants Bim to send his books to him there
That he knows his true love is Bim but he cannot have her
That he will never come back
That he will return to care for Bim and Baba
22)

Where did Bim and Raja go to cool off in the summer evenings? (from Part 3)

The River Jumna
Hyder Ali Sahib's house
The family kitchen
The mall
23)

How does Aunt Mira treat Baba? (from Part 3)

She pushes him too hard to achieve things
She is afraid of him and avoids him
She loves him and teaches him how to take care of himself
She ignores him
24)

How does Bim react to her sister's problems at school (from Part 3)

She complains to Raja and asks him to fix it
She defends Tara against the other children
She ignores her sister and joins in with the teasing
She goes to the teachers and asks them for help
25)

Where does Baba get the gramophone? (from Part 2)

From the empty house of Hyder Ali
He steals it from the Misras sisters
From Sears
He finds it in the dumpster
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