View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alone in her room that afternoon, what does Bim realize?
(a) She wants to leave home
(b) She really hates being a teacher
(c) She loves her brothers and her sister more than anything, and she needs to forgive and make amends
(d) She resents her family

2. What did Bim want to be when she was grown up?
(a) A caregiver
(b) A race car driver
(c) A Heroine
(d) A card player

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

4. Where is Tara spending all of her time?
(a) At the home of the Misras sisters
(b) Under Aunt Mira's bed
(c) On the rose path
(d) At the home of Hyder Ali

5. What sort of birds begin their calls before daylight around the family's home?
(a) Koels
(b) Seagulls
(c) Cardinals
(d) Hawks

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bakul think he and Tara should have stayed instead of at her family home?

2. What is wrong with Aunt Mira?

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

4. What would Baba think if anything happened to Bim?

5. What is Bim's answer when Raja says he wants to grow up to be a hero?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 345 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample