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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Raja share his knowledge and dreams with in the family?
(a) Bimla
(b) Tara
(c) Baba
(d) The jet-black cat

2. How does Tara, in this chapter, remember her parents?
(a) People who played cards, year after year, with their friends, and who ignored their children
(b) As reserved, but compassionate
(c) She does not remember them at all
(d) Loving parents who are involved in their children's futures

3. What did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?
(a) A job cleaning stables
(b) Scholarship to the Muslim university
(c) A job as chauffer
(d) Full access to his library

4. What do Bim and the old man discuss?
(a) Bollywood celebrities
(b) Fate
(c) Indian Partition
(d) Dr. Biswas

5. When Tara speaks of being young again, what is Bim's reaction?
(a) Bim says she would love to be a child again
(b) Bim says she envies Tara's childhood more than her own
(c) Bim says she doesn't remember much about her childhood
(d) Bim remarks she would never be young again for anything

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bim react to his interest?

2. What are the names of the people everyone is talking about that summer, according to this novel?

3. What sort of birds begin their calls before daylight around the family's home?

4. What language does Raja admire the most?

5. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?

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