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

2. What is one of the most memorable actions she takes against Tara?
(a) Biim exposes Tara to a swarm of bees
(b) Bim suspends Tara's telephone rights
(c) Bim tells Aunt Mira lies about Tara
(d) Bim cuts off all of Tara's hair

3. What does Tara decide to do after that conversation about Raja?
(a) Leave earlier than they had planned
(b) Watch her sister's behavior more closely
(c) Call Raja and tell him what happened
(d) Write a letter to Bim's school and share her concerns

4. What does Bim say when Bakul suggests she talk with Raja before selling?
(a) Who is Raja?
(b) That Raja would not care
(c) I agree, I will consult him, you and Baba before making a decision.
(d) I will call him this afternoon

5. How was Mira treated by her husband's family after he died?
(a) As if she were the Queen of India
(b) As if she were a valued member of the family
(c) As if she were their slave
(d) With respect and love

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

7. What did Raja want to be when he was grown up?
(a) A writer
(b) A Hero
(c) A soldier
(d) A librarian

8. 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 drank his private stash of whiskey and tore his magazines
(d) They put on his clothes, imitate him, disturb his papers in his room and smoke his cigarettes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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