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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is it so strange for Bim to ask Baba if he is going to the office that morning?
(a) He is mentally retarded and never goes to the office
(b) He has already mentioned going to the track that morning
(c) Bim usually does not speak to Baba in the morning
(d) He is usually off on Tuesdays

3. What is wrong with Aunt Mira?
(a) She is slowly going mad and drinking
(b) She is in love with the gardner
(c) She has diabetes
(d) She has tuberculosis

4. What does Tara see in Bim that she never saw before?
(a) Inability to understand simple concepts
(b) Meanness, cruelty, shaking, talking to herself and hoarding money and food
(c) Beauty and peace
(d) Hatred of Baba

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

Short Answer Questions

1. That night on the veranda, what does Tara become upset about and apologize for?

2. What instrument does Dr. Biswas play?

3. Why does Raja's father refuse to sign for Raja to attend his chosen college?

4. What does she say to Baba that upsets him?

5. How does Bim recover from grieving for Aunt Mira

(see the answer key)

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