2. When Raja is away from home one afternoon, what do Bim and Tara do?
(a) They cleaned his room and put fresh flowers in it
(b) They moved his bed to the lawn
(c) They put on his clothes, imitate him, disturb his papers in his room and smoke his cigarettes
(d) They drank his private stash of whiskey and tore his magazines

3. What does Tara see in Bim that she never saw before?
(a) Hatred of Baba
(b) Inability to understand simple concepts
(c) Meanness, cruelty, shaking, talking to herself and hoarding money and food
(d) Beauty and peace

4. In this chapter, what does Tara apologize to Bim for?
(a) Marrying Baku when she knew Bim was in love with him
(b) Departing so soon after marriage and leaving Bim to care for Baba
(c) Eating all the oranges
(d) Cutting Bim's hair off

5. How does Bakul deal with the atmosphere in Tara's family home during their stay?
(a) He tries to assist Tara in working out the problems with her sister
(b) He encourages the sisters to talk it out
(c) He schedules luncheons and meetings all day every day
(d) He manipulates Bim and Tara to cause further anger

6. At lunch that day, what does Bim try to force Tara to eat?
(a) Red meat
(b) A rotten orange
(c) Very hot curry
(d) Orange peels

7. Which of the children first grows tired of Aunt Mira's ministrations and leaves the home for other adventures?
(a) Raja
(b) Bim
(c) Baba
(d) Tara

8. How many children does Raja have?
(a) One son
(b) Five - four daughters and a son
(c) Three daughters and two sons
(d) One son and six daughters

9. How did the climate affect the children?
(a) They were energized to do anything to keep warm
(b) They spent all their time out of doors riding their bikes
(c) They were active in sports
(d) They laid around the house or on the veranda, too hot to play anything but word games

10. What has happened to the Misras sisters' husbands?
(a) They have abandoned the sisters
(b) They have divorced the sitsers
(c) They have died
(d) They have been lost at sea

11. How does Aunt Mira treat Baba?
(a) She ignores him
(b) She loves him and teaches him how to take care of himself
(c) She pushes him too hard to achieve things
(d) She is afraid of him and avoids him

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

13. What is the one thing she could not do for Baba?
(a) She could not teach him how to talk
(b) She could not teach him to dress himself
(c) She could not teach him to eat
(d) She could not teach him to try new things

14. Who is terrified of going to and being at school?
(a) One of the Misras sisters
(b) Tara
(c) Raja
(d) Biim

15. Who was sent to fetch them?
(a) The Misras brothers
(b) Hyder Ali
(c) Aunt Mira
(d) Tara and Baba