2. How does the richness of Hyder Ali's home compare to Raja's home?
(a) Raja's home is shabby and empty, devoid of friends, color and charm
(b) Raja's home is full of love and compassion and Ali's is void of emotion
(c) Raja's home is welcoming and warm, and Ali's home is cold and dark
(d) Raja's home is full of interesting people and no one visits Ali

3. What goes wrong with Dr. Biswas and Bim?
(a) Bim's father disapproves of Dr. Biswas
(b) His mother does not like her, and Bim does not really like him
(c) There is too great an age difference
(d) Dr. Biswas is of a different religion

4. How did Raja meet Hyder Ali?
(a) Bim introduced them
(b) Hyder's horse ran over the boy
(c) At a party at the Misras house
(d) Raja was swinging on Hyder Ali's garden gate when he reurned from a ride

5. 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) Get slowly but surely drunk
(d) Flirt with Mulk

6. Who is sitting on the veranda while Raja departs the family home?
(a) Bim alone
(b) Tara, Begum the dog, and Aunt Mira
(c) Bim, Baba and the dog Begum
(d) Aunt Mira, Tara, and Bakul

7. What does Bim claim they do not have enough of for Bakul, yet she pours it generously for the cat and for Baba?
(a) Milk
(b) Water
(c) Beer
(d) Tea

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

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

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

11. How do Bim's students describe Old Delhi?
(a) A bustling business center
(b) The place where they wish to live forever
(c) As a great cemetery, with every house a tomb
(d) A vibrant city representing progress

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

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

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

15. What does Baba do that surprises everyone?
(a) He leaves the house
(b) He announces his upcoming marriage
(c) He begins speaking Spanish
(d) He asks for pancakes for breakfast