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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Baba different from the other children?
(a) He was brilliant, a quick learner and early to walk and talk
(b) He could see into the future
(c) He was very slow to progress and did not talk
(d) He was darker in skin color

2. What does Bim think of his statement?
(a) She agrees and begins weeping
(b) She seeks out his mother for her opnion
(c) She believes it to be completely false
(d) She is angry and throws him out of the house

3. How does Bim react to her sister's problems at school
(a) She defends Tara against the other children
(b) She ignores her sister and joins in with the teasing
(c) She goes to the teachers and asks them for help
(d) She complains to Raja and asks him to fix it

4. What happens to the mother?
(a) She runs off with the chauffeur
(b) She dies without the children ever seeing her again
(c) She divorces the father
(d) She grows old and Bim must care for her

5. How does Bakul deal with the atmosphere in Tara's family home during their stay?
(a) He schedules luncheons and meetings all day every day
(b) He manipulates Bim and Tara to cause further anger
(c) He tries to assist Tara in working out the problems with her sister
(d) He encourages the sisters to talk it out

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of books does Tara read?

2. What is the one thing she could not do for Baba?

3. What kind of business did the Misras brothers have and lose?

4. What does Tara decide to do after that conversation about Raja?

5. Where does Bim go with the Doctor?

(see the answer key)

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