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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of the people everyone is talking about that summer, according to this novel?
(a) Queen Elizabeth, Gandhi, Churchill and Nehru
(b) Gandhi, FDR, Churchill and Nehru
(c) Gandhi, Clinton, Reagan and Bush
(d) Gandhi, Mountbatten, Churchill, Jinnah and Nehru

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

3. What happens when Raja's friends at Hindu College find out he believes the idea of Pakistan is feasible?
(a) They write letters to the newspaper in protest
(b) They change their opinion and view to his
(c) They try to kill him
(d) They become his enemies

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

5. Who does Bimla think of when she hears that Gandhi has been killed?
(a) Mrs. Gandhi
(b) Tara
(c) Raja
(d) Dr. Biswas

Short Answer Questions

1. In the summer of what year does Bim think time stopped for the family?

2. When Raja gets older, what other activity does he get involved in at Hyder Ali's home?

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

4. How does Bim use this old letter from Raja?

5. What happened to the father?

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