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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Baba different from the other children?
(a) He was darker in skin color
(b) He could see into the future
(c) He was brilliant, a quick learner and early to walk and talk
(d) He was very slow to progress and did not talk

2. What has Bim worried in this chapter?
(a) A letter from the family business partner, Sharma, has arrived and he wishes to speak to them
(b) Bim has just discovered she is pregnant
(c) Baba is ill
(d) Dr. Biswas is courting her again

3. What is the one thing she could not do for Baba?
(a) She could not teach him to eat
(b) She could not teach him how to talk
(c) She could not teach him to try new things
(d) She could not teach him to dress himself

4. In this chapter, who is Tara attempting to write a letter to?
(a) Baba
(b) Her daughters
(c) Raja
(d) One of the Misras brothers

5. How does Bim react to his interest?
(a) She moves away
(b) She falls in love
(c) She ignores him
(d) She begins stalking him

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?

3. What would Baba think if anything happened to Bim?

4. How does Bim treat Tara, even as an adult?

5. Who does Tara think Bim looks like?

(see the answer key)

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