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

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

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

4. Why can't they visit more often?
(a) Bakul cannot drive
(b) Tara is afraid of travelling
(c) Bakul is in foreign service and stationed in many different cities in the world
(d) Their daughters do not like Bim or Baba

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

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

7. What are the names of the people everyone is talking about that summer, according to this novel?
(a) Gandhi, FDR, Churchill and Nehru
(b) Gandhi, Mountbatten, Churchill, Jinnah and Nehru
(c) Gandhi, Clinton, Reagan and Bush
(d) Queen Elizabeth, Gandhi, Churchill and Nehru

8. Who is asleep on the veranda when Bakul, Bim and Tara return home?
(a) The pet dog
(b) Aunt Mira
(c) Baba
(d) The jet-black cat

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

10. What is Tara's reaction to Bim's behavior regarding the letter?
(a) Tara is too busy looking at her fingernails to listen
(b) Tara is shocked and tries to convince Bim that Raja is not a bad man
(c) Tara agrees that Raja is evil
(d) Tara decides to show the letter to Bakul to intercede on Bim's behalf

11. What does Bim give Baba by way of apology for driving him out of the house that morning?
(a) A new record
(b) A new car
(c) An ice cream cone
(d) A cigar

12. When Bim and Baba return from Hyder Ali Sahib's house, what has happened?
(a) Tara has run off with Bakul
(b) All of the roses have died
(c) Aunt Mira has lost her mind and is running through the garden naked
(d) The cow has drowned in the garden

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

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

15. What poet does Bim read to Raja to make him calm down?
(a) Browning
(b) Maya Angelou
(c) Byron
(d) Sylvia Plath