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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What overcomes Tara when she is at her family home?
(a) An urge to cook
(b) Energy, excitement and enthusiasm
(c) Heat, laziness, intimidation by her sister
(d) Sneezing and coughing

2. Who does Bim choose to speak to rather than the Misras brothers and sisters?
(a) Bakul
(b) Mulk
(c) Jayla
(d) One of the elder men of the Misras family

3. What instrument does Dr. Biswas play?
(a) Violin
(b) Flute
(c) Piano
(d) Bassoon

4. Why is it so strange for Bim to ask Baba if he is going to the office that morning?
(a) He is mentally retarded and never goes to the office
(b) Bim usually does not speak to Baba in the morning
(c) He has already mentioned going to the track that morning
(d) He is usually off on Tuesdays

5. How does Bim recover from grieving for Aunt Mira
(a) Repeating the poem The Waste Land
(b) Bim begins going to church regularly
(c) She writes a long letter to Raja concerning their memories of Mira
(d) She spends time at Mira's grave, talking to her

Short Answer Questions

1. The sisters remember playing in the sand and along the banks of what nearby river?

2. How did Raja meet Hyder Ali?

3. Where does Bakul think he and Tara should have stayed instead of at her family home?

4. What happens to Aunt Mira in this chapter?

5. What happens when Raja's friends at Hindu College find out he believes the idea of Pakistan is feasible?

(see the answer key)

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