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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event at school upsets Tara so much she lies to avoid it?
(a) Charity Thursdays
(b) Sports Day
(c) Class picture day
(d) Spelling tests

2. Who is terrified of going to and being at school?
(a) Biim
(b) Raja
(c) Tara
(d) One of the Misras sisters

3. What did Baba play with before the gramophone?
(a) Pebbles given to him by Aunt Mira
(b) Chess
(c) Video games
(d) Checkers

4. Where does Tara remember going for escape from the neglect of her parents?
(a) To her Aunt Mira's room
(b) To Hyder Ali Sahib's house to read
(c) To the roof of the house
(d) To school

5. Where did Bim and Raja go to cool off in the summer evenings?
(a) The River Jumna
(b) The mall
(c) The family kitchen
(d) Hyder Ali Sahib's house

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tara's reaction to Bim's behavior regarding the letter?

2. What does Bim give Baba by way of apology for driving him out of the house that morning?

3. What did Tara see her father do to her mother long ago?

4. Which of the children first grows tired of Aunt Mira's ministrations and leaves the home for other adventures?

5. Who takes care of Raja?

(see the answer key)

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