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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of birds begin their calls before daylight around the family's home?
(a) Cardinals
(b) Hawks
(c) Seagulls
(d) Koels

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

3. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?
(a) Running off his musicians and denying him money
(b) Stealing his musical instruments
(c) Kidnapping his children
(d) Running off his wife

4. 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 is shocked and tries to convince Bim that Raja is not a bad man
(c) Tara is too busy looking at her fingernails to listen
(d) Tara agrees that Raja is evil

5. What does Bim compare her cat to?
(a) Tara
(b) Their mother
(c) Baba
(d) Tara's daughters

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't they visit more often?

2. How do Bim's students describe Old Delhi?

3. What does Bim claim they do not have enough of for Bakul, yet she pours it generously for the cat and for Baba?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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