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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family pet joins the sisters in the garden?
(a) Rex the camel
(b) Badshah, the family dog
(c) Bessie the cow
(d) Jayla the family parrot

2. What does Bim compare her cat to?
(a) Their mother
(b) Tara
(c) Tara's daughters
(d) Baba

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

4. What poet does Bim read to Raja to make him calm down?
(a) Sylvia Plath
(b) Byron
(c) Maya Angelou
(d) Browning

5. What skill do Raja and Bim possess and use throughout their childhood that Tara does not possess?
(a) Ability to memorize and recite
(b) Ability to write
(c) Ability to read
(d) Ability to speak another language

Short Answer Questions

1. What color horse does Hyder Ali ride along the banks of the Jumna River

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

3. What do Bim and the old man discuss?

4. Who does Bimla think of when she hears that Gandhi has been killed?

5. What helps Raja to begin to get better?

(see the answer key)

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