1. What family pet joins the sisters in the garden?
(a) Badshah, the family dog
(b) Bessie the cow
(c) Jayla the family parrot
(d) Rex the camel

2. Why does Dr. Biswas think Bim is not interested in his courtship?
(a) She has dedicated her life to caring for her aunt and her brothers
(b) She wants to become a num
(c) Because she is in love with someone else
(d) She is not interested in men

3. What do the Misras sisters want Bakul, Bim and Tara to do that night?
(a) Take the brothers to a bar
(b) Stay for dinner
(c) Iron their saris
(d) Come to Calcutta with them

4. 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

5. What talent did their brother Raja have that developed into a career for him?
(a) He wrote poetry
(b) He drove race cars
(c) He sang rock and roll
(d) He was a great cook

6. What did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?
(a) Scholarship to the Muslim university
(b) A job cleaning stables
(c) Full access to his library
(d) A job as chauffer

7. Who does Raja share his knowledge and dreams with in the family?
(a) Bimla
(b) Tara
(c) The jet-black cat
(d) Baba

8. Why did Baba refuse the new 78 records that Tara found for him?
(a) He is no longer using the gramophone
(b) He does not like Tara
(c) He already has those copies
(d) He only likes the ones he has already

9. How does Bim react to his interest?
(a) She begins stalking him
(b) She ignores him
(c) She moves away
(d) She falls in love

10. What does Dr. Biswas recommend as treatment for Aunt Mira?
(a) Have her killed
(b) Give her alcohol
(c) Counseling, and AA meetings
(d) Put her in a home

11. What does Bim compare her cat to?
(a) Baba
(b) Tara's daughters
(c) Their mother
(d) Tara

12. What do the children call their father?
(a) The master of the entrance and the exit
(b) Poppa
(c) Daddy
(d) The one who loves us

13. How did Raja meet Hyder Ali?
(a) At a party at the Misras house
(b) Raja was swinging on Hyder Ali's garden gate when he reurned from a ride
(c) Hyder's horse ran over the boy
(d) Bim introduced them

14. What happened to Hyder Ali's household members?
(a) They escaped to Hyderabad
(b) They were all killed in the riots
(c) They were imprisoned
(d) They fled to America

15. What does Tara say she wants to be when she grows up?
(a) A mother
(b) A caregiver
(c) A teacher
(d) A card player