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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tara say she wants to be when she grows up?
(a) A caregiver
(b) A card player
(c) A mother
(d) A teacher

2. What childhood event do the Misras sisters remind Tara of that night?
(a) When their parents died
(b) When the bees attacked Bim
(c) When the mad dog was shot at school
(d) When the children first see Hyder Ali Sahib

3. What illness does Raja get that summer?
(a) Cancer
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Depression
(d) Venereal disease

4. Where does Bakul think he and Tara should have stayed instead of at her family home?
(a) In a hotel
(b) In the empty house of Hyder Ali Sahib
(c) At the home of Bakul's parents
(d) His uncle and aunt's on Aurangzeb Road

5. Why does Dr. Biswas think Bim is not interested in his courtship?
(a) She is not interested in men
(b) She wants to become a num
(c) Because she is in love with someone else
(d) She has dedicated her life to caring for her aunt and her brothers

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Aunt Mira?

2. What does Bim claim they do not have enough of for Bakul, yet she pours it generously for the cat and for Baba?

3. What poet does Bim read to Raja to make him calm down?

4. What was the difference in religion between Raja and Hyder Ali?

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

(see the answer key)

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