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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Baba get the gramophone?
(a) He finds it in the dumpster
(b) From Sears
(c) From the empty house of Hyder Ali
(d) He steals it from the Misras sisters

4. Which neighbors do Bakul, Bim and Tara decide to visit that night?
(a) Gandhi
(b) Misras
(c) Hyder Ali Sahib
(d) Aunt Mira's family

5. What happens to Aunt Mira in this chapter?
(a) She begins obsessing about the cow
(b) She surprises everyone by marrying Dr. Biswas
(c) She dies
(d) She begins a career as a professional caregiver

Short Answer Questions

1. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?

2. How does Aunt Mira treat Baba?

3. What is the one thing she could not do for Baba?

4. Why did her father give her mother injections?

5. What happened to Hyder Ali's household members?

(see the answer key)

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