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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the Misras sisters want Bakul, Bim and Tara to do that night?
(a) Take the brothers to a bar
(b) Come to Calcutta with them
(c) Iron their saris
(d) Stay for dinner

3. Why did Baba refuse the new 78 records that Tara found for him?
(a) He does not like Tara
(b) He is no longer using the gramophone
(c) He already has those copies
(d) He only likes the ones he has already

4. What did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?
(a) Scholarship to the Muslim university
(b) Full access to his library
(c) A job cleaning stables
(d) A job as chauffer

5. What happened to their mother after twenty years of spending her evenings at the club?
(a) She decided she no longer wanted to play bridge
(b) She found another man
(c) She decided to spend the evening playing cards with her children
(d) She missed an evening and slipped into a coma

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes wrong with Dr. Biswas and Bim?

2. Where does Baba get the gramophone?

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

4. Why does Raja's father refuse to sign for Raja to attend his chosen college?

5. What family pet is rescued from the tree in the garden?

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