View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bim attempt to do when she joins the others in the garden area and begins talking?
(a) To provoke reactions from Bakul and Tara
(b) Sleep on the grass
(c) Flirt with Mulk
(d) Get slowly but surely drunk

2. Who does Raja suggest to take over the family business?
(a) Baba
(b) Aunt Mira
(c) Tara
(d) Dr. Biswas

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

4. Who does Tara think Bim looks like?
(a) Their mother
(b) Aunt Mira
(c) Baba
(d) One of the Misras sisters

5. What sort of books does Tara read?
(a) Romances
(b) Non-fiction
(c) Science fiction
(d) Adventure

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sitting on the veranda while Raja departs the family home?

2. What does Bakul say to Tara when she decides to stay with her family that morning instead of going with him to New Delhi?

3. What sort of birds begin their calls before daylight around the family's home?

4. What did Mira give the children that their own parents did not?

5. What is Bim's answer when Raja says he wants to grow up to be a hero?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 299 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample