1. How was Baba different from the other children?
(a) He was darker in skin color
(b) He was brilliant, a quick learner and early to walk and talk
(c) He was very slow to progress and did not talk
(d) He could see into the future

2. When Bakul sees Bim at her desk the next morning and offers to help with speaking to Sharma, what is her reaction?
(a) Bim asks him to speak to Sharma
(b) Bim says she is going to sell the family shares to the business
(c) Bim thanks him for his concern
(d) Bim pretends there is no problem

3. How does Bim handle her anger at Raja for growing up and away from the other children?
(a) She uses a punching bag in the gardner's shed
(b) She watches hours of television
(c) She becomes cruel to Tara
(d) She takes long walks by the river

4. What has happened to the Misras brothers' wives?
(a) They are still at the house, just away shopping
(b) They have passed away
(c) They have pursued careers in the foreign service and travel constantly
(d) They have returned to their own families rather than deal with the men

5. What does Bim say about rich, fat and successful people?
(a) They are admirable
(b) They are exciting
(c) She wants to be one of them
(d) They are boring

6. In her mind, what does Bim compare Bakul and Tara, the Misras, Raja and his family to?
(a) Roses
(b) Family pets
(c) Mosquitoes
(d) Enemies

7. After she speaks to Baba, who does Bim seek out to vent her anger?
(a) Tara
(b) No one, her anger is finally spent
(c) The cat
(d) the cook

8. As a child, what was Tara always expecting?
(a) To be punished by her parents
(b) To find a treasure or become a princess
(c) To find out she was adopted
(d) To be disappointed

9. Tara tries to talk to one of the Misras sisters regarding her concerns about Bim. How does the Misras sister react?
(a) She offers to help Tara speak with her
(b) She offers other examples of Bim's strange behavior
(c) She says Bim is fine
(d) She offers to come live with Bim and help her

10. Who was called to care for Baba when the mother grew tired of him?
(a) The cook
(b) Aunt Mira
(c) Tara
(d) The cow

11. What did Tara think was happening?
(a) That her mother was dying of terminal cancer
(b) That her father had killed her mother
(c) That her mother was a drug addict
(d) That her father was a doctor

12. How does Bim now see the pattern of her life?
(a) Eccentric
(b) Uneventful
(c) Bitter
(d) Old

13. While they are still children, what childish claim to fame does Raja have?
(a) He is the only one able to count to 100 for hide and go seek
(b) He always wins at cards
(c) The sisters are never able to catch him in any game
(d) He always cheats in order to win

14. What episode at school upset Tara's emotions so much she seem obsessed with one of the teachers?
(a) A female teacher was found to be having an affair with a local monk
(b) Two of the teachers fall in love
(c) A female teacher falls in love with Tara
(d) A teacher elopes with Sharma

15. What would Baba think if anything happened to Bim?
(a) He would find a career to occupy his time
(b) He would be relieved
(c) He would think nothing, and he would not even know she was gone
(d) He would buy new records with the inheritance