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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What childhood event do the Misras sisters remind Tara of that night?
(a) When the mad dog was shot at school
(b) When the children first see Hyder Ali Sahib
(c) When the bees attacked Bim
(d) When their parents died

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

4. When Tara speaks of being young again, what is Bim's reaction?
(a) Bim remarks she would never be young again for anything
(b) Bim says she doesn't remember much about her childhood
(c) Bim says she envies Tara's childhood more than her own
(d) Bim says she would love to be a child again

5. Who does Bim choose to speak to rather than the Misras brothers and sisters?
(a) Mulk
(b) Bakul
(c) One of the elder men of the Misras family
(d) Jayla

Short Answer Questions

1. What world event occurred that year that made such a difference in the lives of the four children?

2. What does Bim attempt to do when she joins the others in the garden area and begins talking?

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

4. How do Bim's students describe Old Delhi?

5. Why did her father give her mother injections?

(see the answer key)

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