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

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

3. Bakul is waiting for them on the veranda. What music greets the sisters when they join Bakul?
(a) Baba's old 78 records
(b) Country music from the Misras home
(c) Bakul's transister radio
(d) Aunt Mira playing the flute

4. Why is it so strange for Bim to ask Baba if he is going to the office that morning?
(a) He is usually off on Tuesdays
(b) Bim usually does not speak to Baba in the morning
(c) He has already mentioned going to the track that morning
(d) He is mentally retarded and never goes to the office

5. 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) Kidnapping his children
(d) Stealing his musical instruments

6. Who does Bim choose to speak to rather than the Misras brothers and sisters?
(a) Bakul
(b) Mulk
(c) Jayla
(d) One of the elder men of the Misras family

7. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?
(a) Curfew bells sound
(b) The city fires are getting dangerously close
(c) Bakul gets angry and leaves
(d) Mulk, one of the brothers, gets drunk and abusive

8. Who begins to show interest in Bim?
(a) Dr. Biswas
(b) A Buddhist monk
(c) One of her students
(d) Sharma

9. 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

10. When Tara speaks of being young again, what is Bim's reaction?
(a) Bim says she doesn't remember much about her childhood
(b) Bim says she envies Tara's childhood more than her own
(c) Bim says she would love to be a child again
(d) Bim remarks she would never be young again for anything

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

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

13. What does Dr. Biswas say is wrong with Bim?
(a) She is getting fat
(b) She is caring for too many sick people
(c) She is conceited
(d) She is getting gray

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

15. 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) Come to Calcutta with them
(d) Iron their saris