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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family pet joins the sisters in the garden?
(a) Bessie the cow
(b) Rex the camel
(c) Jayla the family parrot
(d) Badshah, the family dog

2. What do the children call their father?
(a) Poppa
(b) Daddy
(c) The master of the entrance and the exit
(d) The one who loves us

3. Who did their brother Raja admire above all?
(a) Their father
(b) Baba
(c) Roy Rogers
(d) Hyder Ali Sahib

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

5. What poet does Bim read to Raja to make him calm down?
(a) Maya Angelou
(b) Browning
(c) Sylvia Plath
(d) Byron

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?

2. Who does Bim choose to speak to rather than the Misras brothers and sisters?

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

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

5. How does this family dispose of the dead?

(see the answer key)

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