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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which neighbors do Bakul, Bim and Tara decide to visit that night?
(a) Misras
(b) Gandhi
(c) Hyder Ali Sahib
(d) Aunt Mira's family

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

3. What kind of business did the Misras brothers have and lose?
(a) Car washing
(b) Ice factory and soda water business
(c) Bar and Grill
(d) Auto repair shop

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. In the summer of what year does Bim think time stopped for the family?
(a) 1947
(b) 1908
(c) 1965
(d) 1982

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What surrounds Tara's family home and those of her neighbors?

3. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?

4. What sort of birds begin their calls before daylight around the family's home?

5. What is the first discussion the sisters have that shows how different they are from each other?

(see the answer key)

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