1. How does Tara, in this chapter, remember her parents?
(a) As reserved, but compassionate
(b) She does not remember them at all
(c) People who played cards, year after year, with their friends, and who ignored their children
(d) Loving parents who are involved in their children's futures

2. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?
(a) Kidnapping his children
(b) Running off his wife
(c) Stealing his musical instruments
(d) Running off his musicians and denying him money

3. Who does Bimla think of when she hears that Gandhi has been killed?
(a) Raja
(b) Tara
(c) Dr. Biswas
(d) Mrs. Gandhi

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

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

6. The sisters remember playing in the sand and along the banks of what nearby river?
(a) Nile
(b) Ganges
(c) Mississippi
(d) Jumna

7. What happens when Raja's friends at Hindu College find out he believes the idea of Pakistan is feasible?
(a) They change their opinion and view to his
(b) They become his enemies
(c) They write letters to the newspaper in protest
(d) They try to kill him

8. When Raja gets older, what other activity does he get involved in at Hyder Ali's home?
(a) He joins the circle of older men on the lawn, partaking in discussions
(b) He begins embroidery with the women
(c) He chews betel leaves with the servants
(d) He begins to do all the cooking for the family

9. What did Baba play with before the gramophone?
(a) Chess
(b) Pebbles given to him by Aunt Mira
(c) Video games
(d) Checkers

10. Where does Bakul think he and Tara should have stayed instead of at her family home?
(a) At the home of Bakul's parents
(b) In a hotel
(c) In the empty house of Hyder Ali Sahib
(d) His uncle and aunt's on Aurangzeb Road

11. Where does Raja say he will go?
(a) To New Delhi and get an apartment
(b) To America and start a new life
(c) To Hyderabad to live with the family of Hyder Ali Sahib
(d) To live with Bakul and Tara

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

13. What does Baba do that surprises everyone?
(a) He begins speaking Spanish
(b) He announces his upcoming marriage
(c) He asks for pancakes for breakfast
(d) He leaves the house

14. What does Bim return with from Hyder Ali Sahib's house?
(a) Books, a dog and a car
(b) A dog, a cat, and some food
(c) Furniture, money and some letters
(d) A dog, a servant, and the gramophone

15. What overcomes Tara when she is at her family home?
(a) Heat, laziness, intimidation by her sister
(b) Sneezing and coughing
(c) An urge to cook
(d) Energy, excitement and enthusiasm