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

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

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

4. What sort of birds begin their calls before daylight around the family's home?
(a) Hawks
(b) Seagulls
(c) Koels
(d) Cardinals

5. Where does Bim go with the Doctor?
(a) To bed
(b) To a concert
(c) To a play
(d) To the river

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

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

8. What does Raja say as he is leaving for Hyderabad?
(a) That he knows his true love is Bim but he cannot have her
(b) That he will return to care for Bim and Baba
(c) That he will never come back
(d) That he wants Bim to send his books to him there

9. What is Bim's answer when Raja says he wants to grow up to be a hero?
(a) She says she wants to grow up to be a heroine
(b) She wants to be a playwright
(c) She wants to be a veterinarian
(d) She wants to be a sky diver

10. What color horse does Hyder Ali ride along the banks of the Jumna River
(a) Gray
(b) White
(c) Roan
(d) Paint

11. Who does Raja suggest to take over the family business?
(a) Tara
(b) Dr. Biswas
(c) Baba
(d) Aunt Mira

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

13. How does Bim use this old letter from Raja?
(a) To blackmail Tara
(b) To remind her to pay the rent
(c) To remind her how angry she was when the letter came
(d) To remember her brother's handwriting

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

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