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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color horse does Hyder Ali ride along the banks of the Jumna River
(a) Paint
(b) Gray
(c) White
(d) Roan

2. What poet does Bim read to Raja to make him calm down?
(a) Browning
(b) Maya Angelou
(c) Sylvia Plath
(d) Byron

3. How does Bim recover from grieving for Aunt Mira
(a) She writes a long letter to Raja concerning their memories of Mira
(b) She spends time at Mira's grave, talking to her
(c) Repeating the poem The Waste Land
(d) Bim begins going to church regularly

4. How does Bim react to his interest?
(a) She falls in love
(b) She begins stalking him
(c) She ignores him
(d) She moves away

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dr. Biswas admire above all others?

2. What helps Raja to begin to get better?

3. What sort of books does Tara read?

4. What did Mira give the children that their own parents did not?

5. What happened to the father?

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