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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 read
(c) Ability to speak another language
(d) Ability to write

2. In the summer of what year does Bim think time stopped for the family?
(a) 1982
(b) 1908
(c) 1947
(d) 1965

3. How often do Bakul and Tara visit Bim and Baba?
(a) Every three to five years
(b) Never
(c) Every summer
(d) Daily

4. Why are the Misras sisters still living at the family home?
(a) Their husbands have abandoned them
(b) They want to be with their brothers
(c) They have a home based internet business
(d) They were wounded in the war

5. Why did her father give her mother injections?
(a) Her mother was a drug addict
(b) Her mother had t.b.
(c) He was slowly poisoning her
(d) Her mother had diabetes

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did their brother Raja admire above all?

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. Who is asleep on the veranda when Bakul, Bim and Tara return home?

4. What does Bim compare her cat to?

5. What do Bim and the old man discuss?

(see the answer key)

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