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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the last time that Bim has seen Raja?
(a) Just after he was married and his first child was born
(b) Last week
(c) Just after the birth of his third child
(d) Last year

2. What are the names of the people everyone is talking about that summer, according to this novel?
(a) Gandhi, Mountbatten, Churchill, Jinnah and Nehru
(b) Gandhi, Clinton, Reagan and Bush
(c) Queen Elizabeth, Gandhi, Churchill and Nehru
(d) Gandhi, FDR, Churchill and Nehru

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

4. As a child, what was Tara always expecting?
(a) To find out she was adopted
(b) To be disappointed
(c) To find a treasure or become a princess
(d) To be punished by her parents

5. Who is sitting on the veranda while Raja departs the family home?
(a) Bim alone
(b) Aunt Mira, Tara, and Bakul
(c) Tara, Begum the dog, and Aunt Mira
(d) Bim, Baba and the dog Begum

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bakul say to Tara when she decides to stay with her family that morning instead of going with him to New Delhi?

2. Why does Bim become angry at Tara?

3. In this chapter, who is Tara attempting to write a letter to?

4. In her mind, what does Bim compare Bakul and Tara, the Misras, Raja and his family to?

5. What is the first discussion the sisters have that shows how different they are from each other?

(see the answer key)

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