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

2. Who does Dr. Biswas admire above all others?
(a) Beethoven
(b) Mozart
(c) Gandhi
(d) Elvis Presley

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

4. What childhood event do the Misras sisters remind Tara of that night?
(a) When the children first see Hyder Ali Sahib
(b) When the bees attacked Bim
(c) When the mad dog was shot at school
(d) When their parents died

5. What happened to their mother after twenty years of spending her evenings at the club?
(a) She decided she no longer wanted to play bridge
(b) She decided to spend the evening playing cards with her children
(c) She missed an evening and slipped into a coma
(d) She found another man

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What world event occurred that year that made such a difference in the lives of the four children?
(a) World War II begins
(b) Vietnam War ends
(c) Independence for India and Pakistan
(d) Queen Victoria of England dies

13. In the summer of what year does Bim think time stopped for the family?
(a) 1908
(b) 1965
(c) 1982
(d) 1947

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

15. What does Bim attempt to do when she joins the others in the garden area and begins talking?
(a) To provoke reactions from Bakul and Tara
(b) Sleep on the grass
(c) Flirt with Mulk
(d) Get slowly but surely drunk