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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Dr. Biswas play?
(a) Piano
(b) Flute
(c) Violin
(d) Bassoon

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

3. What is wrong with Aunt Mira?
(a) She is in love with the gardner
(b) She has tuberculosis
(c) She is slowly going mad and drinking
(d) She has diabetes

4. What is Bim's answer when Raja says he wants to grow up to be a hero?
(a) She wants to be a sky diver
(b) She wants to be a playwright
(c) She says she wants to grow up to be a heroine
(d) She wants to be a veterinarian

5. Where has Bakul been posted when he comes to ask Bim for permission to marry Tara?
(a) Russia
(b) United States
(c) Ceylon
(d) Pakistan

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children call their father?

2. Why can't they visit more often?

3. What illness does Raja get that summer?

4. What did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?

5. What does Bim pull out of the desk to show to Tara that night?

(see the answer key)

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