1. Why does Bim become angry at Tara?
(a) Tara is behaving like a child
(b) Bim is jealous of Tara's wardrobe
(c) Tara has made false accusations against Bim
(d) Tara's description of her own life and that of Raja makes Bim feel excluded

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

3. What papers does she decide to go through?
(a) Bakul's official papers
(b) Old drawings done by Baba
(c) Tara's private papers
(d) The ones in the bottom drawer of the desk

4. Whose letter does Tara read to Bim?
(a) From their mother to their father
(b) From her daughters
(c) A letter to Tara from Raja
(d) From Aunt Mira to their mother

5. How does Bim react to her sister's problems at school
(a) She ignores her sister and joins in with the teasing
(b) She goes to the teachers and asks them for help
(c) She complains to Raja and asks him to fix it
(d) She defends Tara against the other children

6. Who does Bim direct her anger to?
(a) The cow
(b) Baba
(c) The cat
(d) Mira

7. How does Bakul treat Tara?
(a) As a beloved servant
(b) Like a rug on which to wipe his feet
(c) As a sexy, exciting partner
(d) As a companion whose opinion is well respected

8. What happens on one of these summer evenings that makes an impression on all of the children?
(a) They find a dead cow in the river
(b) A group of soldiers march by
(c) Hyder Ali Sahib rides past them on his great white horse
(d) The river floods and Baba nearly drowns

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

10. 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 pretends there is no problem
(c) Bim says she is going to sell the family shares to the business
(d) Bim thanks him for his concern

11. What does she do with the papers?
(a) She gives them to Tara's daughters
(b) She burns them
(c) She throws most of them away, symbolically ridding herself of their hold on her
(d) She confronts Bakul with them

12. What does Bim do that evening to help calm her mind?
(a) Calls Raja and talks for hours
(b) Drinks wine
(c) Watches a favorite tv program
(d) Reads her old favorite books

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

14. What does she say to Baba that upsets him?
(a) She does not love him
(b) She is breaking all of his records
(c) She is selling the family business and he must move in with Raja
(d) She wants him to start going to the office every day

15. Why does Aunt Mira ask the chidren's parents for a cow?
(a) It was cheaper than buying from the grocery store
(b) She wanted to murder a cow
(c) The milk they had been getting delivered was watered down
(d) She wants a pet