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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 compare her cat to?
(a) Tara
(b) Baba
(c) Their mother
(d) Tara's daughters

2. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?
(a) The city fires are getting dangerously close
(b) Curfew bells sound
(c) Mulk, one of the brothers, gets drunk and abusive
(d) Bakul gets angry and leaves

3. Why is it so strange for Bim to ask Baba if he is going to the office that morning?
(a) He is mentally retarded and never goes to the office
(b) He is usually off on Tuesdays
(c) Bim usually does not speak to Baba in the morning
(d) He has already mentioned going to the track that morning

4. What does Bim pull out of the desk to show to Tara that night?
(a) A scrapbook
(b) A letter from Raja to Bim saying he is now her landlord
(c) A love letter from Dr. Biswas
(d) Photos of their last visit

5. What talent did their brother Raja have that developed into a career for him?
(a) He drove race cars
(b) He wrote poetry
(c) He sang rock and roll
(d) He was a great cook

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Bim and the old man discuss?

2. The sisters remember playing in the sand and along the banks of what nearby river?

3. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?

4. What childhood event do the Misras sisters remind Tara of that night?

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

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