1. What is wrong with Aunt Mira?
(a) She is in love with the gardner
(b) She has tuberculosis
(c) She has diabetes
(d) She is slowly going mad and drinking

2. What does Dr.Biswas ask Bim to do?
(a) Meet his mother
(b) His laundry
(c) Allow him to move into the house
(d) Travel to Ceylon with him

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

4. What skill do Raja and Bim possess and use throughout their childhood that Tara does not possess?
(a) Ability to memorize and recite
(b) Ability to write
(c) Ability to read
(d) Ability to speak another language

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

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

7. Who takes care of Raja?
(a) Bim
(b) Tara
(c) Mira
(d) Baba

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

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

10. What language does Raja admire the most?
(a) Spanish
(b) English
(c) HIndi
(d) Urdu

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

12. Why did her father give her mother injections?
(a) Her mother had t.b.
(b) Her mother had diabetes
(c) Her mother was a drug addict
(d) He was slowly poisoning her

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

14. What do Bim and the old man discuss?
(a) Dr. Biswas
(b) Bollywood celebrities
(c) Fate
(d) Indian Partition

15. What family pet is rescued from the tree in the garden?
(a) The parrot
(b) Baba's gecko
(c) Bim's cat
(d) Rex the camel