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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What family pet is rescued from the tree in the garden?
(a) Bim's cat
(b) Rex the camel
(c) The parrot
(d) Baba's gecko
2. Who did their brother Raja admire above all?
(a) Baba
(b) Hyder Ali Sahib
(c) Their father
(d) Roy Rogers
3. When Bakul sees Bim with her students, what does he think?
(a) That Bim has grown fat and ugly
(b) That perhaps he has married the wrong sister
(c) That Bim is in love with one of her students
(d) That Bim is a bad teacher
4. Where does Raja say he will go?
(a) To Hyderabad to live with the family of Hyder Ali Sahib
(b) To New Delhi and get an apartment
(c) To America and start a new life
(d) To live with Bakul and Tara
5. How does the richness of Hyder Ali's home compare to Raja's home?
(a) Raja's home is full of interesting people and no one visits Ali
(b) Raja's home is shabby and empty, devoid of friends, color and charm
(c) Raja's home is full of love and compassion and Ali's is void of emotion
(d) Raja's home is welcoming and warm, and Ali's home is cold and dark
6. Where does Bakul think he and Tara should have stayed instead of at her family home?
(a) In a hotel
(b) At the home of Bakul's parents
(c) In the empty house of Hyder Ali Sahib
(d) His uncle and aunt's on Aurangzeb Road
7. Who does Tara think Bim looks like?
(a) One of the Misras sisters
(b) Aunt Mira
(c) Baba
(d) Their mother
8. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?
(a) Running off his musicians and denying him money
(b) Running off his wife
(c) Stealing his musical instruments
(d) Kidnapping his children
9. What is wrong with Aunt Mira?
(a) She has tuberculosis
(b) She has diabetes
(c) She is slowly going mad and drinking
(d) She is in love with the gardner
10. What did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?
(a) Full access to his library
(b) A job cleaning stables
(c) A job as chauffer
(d) Scholarship to the Muslim university
11. What skill do Raja and Bim possess and use throughout their childhood that Tara does not possess?
(a) Ability to speak another language
(b) Ability to memorize and recite
(c) Ability to write
(d) Ability to read
12. What does Bakul tell people who ask detrimental questions about India?
(a) No comment
(b) I don't know the answer
(c) Mind your own business
(d) I will check for you and find out
13. What language does Raja admire the most?
(a) Urdu
(b) English
(c) Spanish
(d) HIndi
14. When Raja gets older, what other activity does he get involved in at Hyder Ali's home?
(a) He begins embroidery with the women
(b) He chews betel leaves with the servants
(c) He joins the circle of older men on the lawn, partaking in discussions
(d) He begins to do all the cooking for the family
15. What was the difference in religion between Raja and Hyder Ali?
(a) Raja is Hindu, Ali is an atheist
(b) Raja is Catholic, Ali is Muslim
(c) Raja is Hindu, Hyder Ali was Catholic
(d) Raja is Hindu, Hyder Ali is Muslim
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Tara say she wants to be when she grows up?
2. Why are the Misras sisters still living at the family home?
3. How does Tara, in this chapter, remember her parents?
4. What does Bim pull out of the desk to show to Tara that night?
5. How does this family dispose of the dead?
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