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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bakul tell people who ask detrimental questions about India?
(a) Mind your own business
(b) I don't know the answer
(c) I will check for you and find out
(d) No comment

3. Where does Tara remember going for escape from the neglect of her parents?
(a) To her Aunt Mira's room
(b) To school
(c) To Hyder Ali Sahib's house to read
(d) To the roof of the house

4. What does Bim give Baba by way of apology for driving him out of the house that morning?
(a) A new car
(b) An ice cream cone
(c) A cigar
(d) A new record

5. How do Bim's students describe Old Delhi?
(a) The place where they wish to live forever
(b) A bustling business center
(c) A vibrant city representing progress
(d) As a great cemetery, with every house a tomb

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ghost does Bim claim to have seen in the garden?

2. What do the Misras sisters want Bakul, Bim and Tara to do that night?

3. Why can't they visit more often?

4. Who does Bim choose to speak to rather than the Misras brothers and sisters?

5. In the summer of what year does Bim think time stopped for the family?

(see the answer key)

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