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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Dr. Biswas play?
(a) Piano
(b) Flute
(c) Bassoon
(d) Violin

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

3. What does Baba say?
(a) "Who is Raja?"
(b) "You are right, I should go"
(c) "I hate you"
(d) Nothing

4. What happened to their mother after twenty years of spending her evenings at the club?
(a) She found another man
(b) She decided to spend the evening playing cards with her children
(c) She missed an evening and slipped into a coma
(d) She decided she no longer wanted to play bridge

5. How does Bim remember the incident?
(a) She remembers it just as intensely, but saw it in a different light
(b) She hardly recalls it, thinking only of the minor pain of the stings
(c) She thinks about Tara's betrayal every day
(d) She has never forgiven her sister for running off

Short Answer Questions

1. How does this family dispose of the dead?

2. When Tara is speaking to Bakul about her realizations about her sister, what is Bakul thinking about?

3. Why does Bim become angry at Tara?

4. What does Tara see in Bim that she never saw before?

5. What world event occurred that year that made such a difference in the lives of the four children?

(see the answer key)

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