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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often do Bakul and Tara visit Bim and Baba?
(a) Every three to five years
(b) Every summer
(c) Daily
(d) Never

2. The sisters remember playing in the sand and along the banks of what nearby river?
(a) Nile
(b) Mississippi
(c) Ganges
(d) Jumna

3. What does Dr. Biswas recommend as treatment for Aunt Mira?
(a) Counseling, and AA meetings
(b) Put her in a home
(c) Have her killed
(d) Give her alcohol

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

5. 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) Milk
(c) Beer
(d) Water

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bakul think he and Tara should have stayed instead of at her family home?

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

3. Why did Baba refuse the new 78 records that Tara found for him?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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