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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Bim go with the Doctor?
(a) To bed
(b) To a play
(c) To the river
(d) To a concert

2. How does the richness of Hyder Ali's home compare to Raja's home?
(a) Raja's home is welcoming and warm, and Ali's home is cold and dark
(b) Raja's home is full of interesting people and no one visits Ali
(c) Raja's home is shabby and empty, devoid of friends, color and charm
(d) Raja's home is full of love and compassion and Ali's is void of emotion

3. What does she do with the papers?
(a) She throws most of them away, symbolically ridding herself of their hold on her
(b) She gives them to Tara's daughters
(c) She confronts Bakul with them
(d) She burns them

4. That night on the veranda, what does Tara become upset about and apologize for?
(a) For leaving Bim with Baba
(b) The time Bim gets attacked by bees and Tara did nothing
(c) The time she got angry at Bim for cutting her hair
(d) For marrying Bakul instead of Dr. Biswas

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tara so shocked at Bim's descriptions of Raja and his family?

2. Who does Bimla think of when she hears that Gandhi has been killed?

3. What does Bim tell Tara to tell Raja?

4. What does Tara ask Bim to do?

5. What is wrong with Aunt Mira?

(see the answer key)

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