1. Why did Tara marry Bakul instead of going to college and furthering her education?
(a) She could not decide what courses to take
(b) Tara hated school
(c) She was pregnant
(d) She could not afford college

2. Where did Bim and Raja go to cool off in the summer evenings?
(a) Hyder Ali Sahib's house
(b) The River Jumna
(c) The family kitchen
(d) The mall

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

4. What honor did Raja receive in school?
(a) Most Popular
(b) Member of the National Honor Society
(c) Quarterback for the football team
(d) One of his poems won a prize

5. What is Baba's reaction?
(a) He goes to Tara for help
(b) He draws back from Bim as if she has hit him
(c) He cries and runs out of the room
(d) He speaks for the first time

6. What did Bim want to be when she was grown up?
(a) A race car driver
(b) A card player
(c) A Heroine
(d) A caregiver

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

8. What has Bim worried in this chapter?
(a) Dr. Biswas is courting her again
(b) Bim has just discovered she is pregnant
(c) Baba is ill
(d) A letter from the family business partner, Sharma, has arrived and he wishes to speak to them

9. What did the boys say Tara looked like when her hair was cut off?
(a) Roy Rogers
(b) A dog
(c) A turtle
(d) A pigeon

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

11. 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

12. What do the children do every evening?
(a) Watched the evening news on the television
(b) Wait for their parents to come home from playing bridge at the club
(c) Played quietly in their rooms, did their homework and spent time with their parents
(d) Texted their parents on cell phones

13. As Tara gets older, she no longer seeks comfort from Aunt Mira. Where does she go?
(a) To movies in town
(b) To the neighbors house to spend time with the Misras sisters
(c) She runs away from home with one of the Misras sisters
(d) To Hyder Ali's house

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

15. What did her doctor describe for the mother to deal with her illness?
(a) Alcohol
(b) Strict diet of fruit and vegetables
(c) Vigorous exercise three times per day
(d) Walk in the garden every day