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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet does Bim read to Raja to make him calm down?
(a) Maya Angelou
(b) Sylvia Plath
(c) Browning
(d) Byron

2. What honor did Raja receive in school?
(a) Most Popular
(b) One of his poems won a prize
(c) Member of the National Honor Society
(d) Quarterback for the football team

3. What helps Raja to begin to get better?
(a) A new medicine brought by Dr. Biswas
(b) Winter arrives and it is cooler
(c) A letter from Hyder Ali Sahib and his daughter Benazir
(d) He falls in love with one of the Misras sisters

4. What happened to the cow?
(a) It drowned in the garden pond
(b) It ran off with the gardner
(c) It was accidently sent to the butcher
(d) It lived a long life and Bim ended up caring for it in its old age

5. What happened to the father?
(a) He dies in an automobile accident
(b) He becomes successful in business and leaves
(c) He remarries
(d) He falls in love with Mira

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Bakul been posted when he comes to ask Bim for permission to marry Tara?

2. What happens on one of these summer evenings that makes an impression on all of the children?

3. As Tara gets older, she no longer seeks comfort from Aunt Mira. Where does she go?

4. How does Bim use this old letter from Raja?

5. How does Bim remember the incident?

(see the answer key)

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