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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 attempt to do when she joins the others in the garden area and begins talking?
(a) To provoke reactions from Bakul and Tara
(b) Sleep on the grass
(c) Get slowly but surely drunk
(d) Flirt with Mulk

2. What is Tara's reaction to Bim's behavior regarding the letter?
(a) Tara decides to show the letter to Bakul to intercede on Bim's behalf
(b) Tara agrees that Raja is evil
(c) Tara is shocked and tries to convince Bim that Raja is not a bad man
(d) Tara is too busy looking at her fingernails to listen

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

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

5. What surrounds Tara's family home and those of her neighbors?
(a) Gardens full of plants and birds
(b) A lake
(c) Poverty and sickness
(d) Dry parched desert

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What skill do Raja and Bim possess and use throughout their childhood that Tara does not possess?

4. Why did Baba refuse the new 78 records that Tara found for him?

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

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