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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What episode at school upset Tara's emotions so much she seem obsessed with one of the teachers?
(a) A female teacher was found to be having an affair with a local monk
(b) A female teacher falls in love with Tara
(c) Two of the teachers fall in love
(d) A teacher elopes with Sharma

2. What is Bim's answer when Raja says he wants to grow up to be a hero?
(a) She wants to be a playwright
(b) She says she wants to grow up to be a heroine
(c) She wants to be a sky diver
(d) She wants to be a veterinarian

3. What did her doctor describe for the mother to deal with her illness?
(a) Vigorous exercise three times per day
(b) Alcohol
(c) Walk in the garden every day
(d) Strict diet of fruit and vegetables

4. Who does Bimla think of when she hears that Gandhi has been killed?
(a) Dr. Biswas
(b) Raja
(c) Mrs. Gandhi
(d) Tara

5. As a child, what was Tara always expecting?
(a) To be punished by her parents
(b) To find out she was adopted
(c) To find a treasure or become a princess
(d) To be disappointed

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the father?

2. Who takes care of Raja?

3. Why did Baba refuse the new 78 records that Tara found for him?

4. What did Bim want to be when she was grown up?

5. What did Baba play with before the gramophone?

(see the answer key)

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