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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first discussion the sisters have that shows how different they are from each other?
(a) When is Raja arriving
(b) Growing up and things changing from when they were children
(c) What is for breakfast
(d) What is today's weather forecast

2. What surrounds Tara's family home and those of her neighbors?
(a) Poverty and sickness
(b) Gardens full of plants and birds
(c) A lake
(d) Dry parched desert

3. What does Baba do that surprises everyone?
(a) He announces his upcoming marriage
(b) He asks for pancakes for breakfast
(c) He begins speaking Spanish
(d) He leaves the house

4. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?
(a) Kidnapping his children
(b) Running off his musicians and denying him money
(c) Stealing his musical instruments
(d) Running off his wife

5. What does Tara ask Bim to do?
(a) Attend the upcoming wedding of Raja's daughter
(b) Do her laundry
(c) Move away from the house
(d) Fix dinner for her and Bakul

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business did the Misras brothers have and lose?

2. Why are the Misras brothers still living alone at their family home?

3. What skill do Raja and Bim possess and use throughout their childhood that Tara does not possess?

4. What family pet is rescued from the tree in the garden?

5. What does Bakul say to Tara when she decides to stay with her family that morning instead of going with him to New Delhi?

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