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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Bim and the old man discuss?
(a) Dr. Biswas
(b) Indian Partition
(c) Fate
(d) Bollywood celebrities

2. What skill do Raja and Bim possess and use throughout their childhood that Tara does not possess?
(a) Ability to speak another language
(b) Ability to memorize and recite
(c) Ability to write
(d) Ability to read

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

4. Why did her father give her mother injections?
(a) He was slowly poisoning her
(b) Her mother had t.b.
(c) Her mother was a drug addict
(d) Her mother had diabetes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bakul say to Tara when she decides to stay with her family that morning instead of going with him to New Delhi?

2. How does Tara, in this chapter, remember her parents?

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

4. What does Baba do that surprises everyone?

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

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