View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is asleep on the veranda when Bakul, Bim and Tara return home?
(a) Baba
(b) Aunt Mira
(c) The jet-black cat
(d) The pet dog

2. Why are the Misras brothers still living alone at their family home?
(a) The Misras sisters have asked them to come home
(b) They were wounded in the war
(c) They are drunkards and their wives have left them
(d) Their wives have left them for other men

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

4. What family pet is rescued from the tree in the garden?
(a) Baba's gecko
(b) Bim's cat
(c) The parrot
(d) Rex the camel

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which neighbors do Bakul, Bim and Tara decide to visit that night?

2. Why is it so strange for Bim to ask Baba if he is going to the office that morning?

3. What does Bakul tell people who ask detrimental questions about India?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 321 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample