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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Misras brothers still living alone at their family home?
(a) Their wives have left them for other men
(b) The Misras sisters have asked them to come home
(c) They were wounded in the war
(d) They are drunkards and their wives have left them

2. What does Bim return with from Hyder Ali Sahib's house?
(a) A dog, a servant, and the gramophone
(b) Books, a dog and a car
(c) Furniture, money and some letters
(d) A dog, a cat, and some food

3. Why did Baba refuse the new 78 records that Tara found for him?
(a) He only likes the ones he has already
(b) He already has those copies
(c) He does not like Tara
(d) He is no longer using the gramophone

4. What does Bim claim they do not have enough of for Bakul, yet she pours it generously for the cat and for Baba?
(a) Tea
(b) Water
(c) Milk
(d) Beer

5. What happened to the father?
(a) He dies in an automobile accident
(b) He remarries
(c) He falls in love with Mira
(d) He becomes successful in business and leaves

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Bim's students describe Old Delhi?

2. How often do Bakul and Tara visit Bim and Baba?

3. What did Baba play with before the gramophone?

4. When Bim and Baba return from Hyder Ali Sahib's house, what has happened?

5. Why is it so strange for Bim to ask Baba if he is going to the office that morning?

(see the answer key)

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