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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 Bimla think of when she hears that Gandhi has been killed?
(a) Tara
(b) Dr. Biswas
(c) Mrs. Gandhi
(d) Raja

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

3. How did Raja meet Hyder Ali?
(a) Hyder's horse ran over the boy
(b) Raja was swinging on Hyder Ali's garden gate when he reurned from a ride
(c) Bim introduced them
(d) At a party at the Misras house

4. What does Bakul tell people who ask detrimental questions about India?
(a) Mind your own business
(b) I will check for you and find out
(c) I don't know the answer
(d) No comment

5. What is Tara's reaction to Bim's behavior regarding the letter?
(a) Tara is too busy looking at her fingernails to listen
(b) Tara is shocked and tries to convince Bim that Raja is not a bad man
(c) Tara decides to show the letter to Bakul to intercede on Bim's behalf
(d) Tara agrees that Raja is evil

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes wrong with Dr. Biswas and Bim?

2. What happens to the mother?

3. What does Tara ask Bim to do?

4. Why did her father give her mother injections?

5. What overcomes Tara when she is at her family home?

(see the answer key)

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