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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?
(a) A job cleaning stables
(b) Full access to his library
(c) Scholarship to the Muslim university
(d) A job as chauffer

2. Who does Bim choose to speak to rather than the Misras brothers and sisters?
(a) Jayla
(b) Mulk
(c) Bakul
(d) One of the elder men of the Misras family

3. What disease did Aunt Mira nurse Bim and Raja through?
(a) Chicken pox
(b) Smallpox
(c) Typhoid
(d) Cancer

4. What honor did Bim receive in school?
(a) Most Improved Student
(b) Head girl
(c) Best athlete
(d) Most accomplished reader

5. Why does Dr. Biswas think Bim is not interested in his courtship?
(a) She wants to become a num
(b) She has dedicated her life to caring for her aunt and her brothers
(c) Because she is in love with someone else
(d) She is not interested in men

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bim attempt to do when she joins the others in the garden area and begins talking?

2. What honor did Raja receive in school?

3. How does Tara, in this chapter, remember her parents?

4. What happened to Hyder Ali's household members?

5. What do the children do every evening?

(see the answer key)

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