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

2. When Bakul sees Bim with her students, what does he think?
(a) That Bim has grown fat and ugly
(b) That Bim is in love with one of her students
(c) That perhaps he has married the wrong sister
(d) That Bim is a bad teacher

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

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

5. What overcomes Tara when she is at her family home?
(a) Energy, excitement and enthusiasm
(b) Heat, laziness, intimidation by her sister
(c) Sneezing and coughing
(d) An urge to cook

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Bim compare her cat to?

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

5. What family pet joins the sisters in the garden?

(see the answer key)

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