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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bakul is waiting for them on the veranda. What music greets the sisters when they join Bakul?
(a) Aunt Mira playing the flute
(b) Country music from the Misras home
(c) Bakul's transister radio
(d) Baba's old 78 records

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

3. How does Bakul deal with the atmosphere in Tara's family home during their stay?
(a) He tries to assist Tara in working out the problems with her sister
(b) He manipulates Bim and Tara to cause further anger
(c) He encourages the sisters to talk it out
(d) He schedules luncheons and meetings all day every day

4. After she speaks to Baba, who does Bim seek out to vent her anger?
(a) The cat
(b) No one, her anger is finally spent
(c) the cook
(d) Tara

5. Where does Raja say he will go?
(a) To America and start a new life
(b) To Hyderabad to live with the family of Hyder Ali Sahib
(c) To live with Bakul and Tara
(d) To New Delhi and get an apartment

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the boys say Tara looked like when her hair was cut off?

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

3. Why can't they visit more often?

4. Which of the children grew up to become exactly what they said they wanted to be as a child?

5. What does Dr. Biswas recommend as treatment for Aunt Mira?

(see the answer key)

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