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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is sitting on the veranda while Raja departs the family home?
(a) Bim, Baba and the dog Begum
(b) Bim alone
(c) Tara, Begum the dog, and Aunt Mira
(d) Aunt Mira, Tara, and Bakul

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

3. What does Dr. Biswas say is wrong with Bim?
(a) She is getting gray
(b) She is caring for too many sick people
(c) She is getting fat
(d) She is conceited

4. What overcomes Tara when she is at her family home?
(a) Energy, excitement and enthusiasm
(b) Heat, laziness, intimidation by her sister
(c) Sneezing and coughing
(d) An urge to cook

5. How does Bim use this old letter from Raja?
(a) To blackmail Tara
(b) To remind her how angry she was when the letter came
(c) To remember her brother's handwriting
(d) To remind her to pay the rent

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Aunt Mira in this chapter?

2. Where does Bim go with the Doctor?

3. What do the Misras sisters want Bakul, Bim and Tara to do that night?

4. What is Tara's reaction to Bim's behavior regarding the letter?

5. Who does Bimla think of when she hears that Gandhi has been killed?

(see the answer key)

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