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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Tara, in this chapter, remember her parents?
(a) People who played cards, year after year, with their friends, and who ignored their children
(b) She does not remember them at all
(c) Loving parents who are involved in their children's futures
(d) As reserved, but compassionate

3. Whose ghost does Bim claim to have seen in the garden?
(a) The cow
(b) Their father
(c) Aunt Mira
(d) Their mother

4. Why can't they visit more often?
(a) Tara is afraid of travelling
(b) Their daughters do not like Bim or Baba
(c) Bakul is in foreign service and stationed in many different cities in the world
(d) Bakul cannot drive

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did their brother Raja admire above all?

2. What is Tara's reaction to Bim's behavior regarding the letter?

3. What does Bim claim they do not have enough of for Bakul, yet she pours it generously for the cat and for Baba?

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

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

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