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

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

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

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

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

6. What have the Misras sisters become?
(a) Teachers
(b) Corporate leaders
(c) Prostitutes
(d) Volunteers

7. 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) Watched the evening news on the television
(d) Played quietly in their rooms, did their homework and spent time with their parents

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

9. What sort of climate did the children grow up in?
(a) Bitter cold, in the mountains of India
(b) Tropic, intense heat and humidity during the summer
(c) Moderate, with four distinct seasons of snow, cool autumns, mild summers and pleasant springs.
(d) On an island off the coast of India, breezy and warm

10. What event at school upsets Tara so much she lies to avoid it?
(a) Spelling tests
(b) Sports Day
(c) Charity Thursdays
(d) Class picture day

11. What does Baba say?
(a) Nothing
(b) "I hate you"
(c) "Who is Raja?"
(d) "You are right, I should go"

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

13. Why is Tara so shocked at Bim's descriptions of Raja and his family?
(a) Because Bim uses obscene language in her descriptions
(b) Because Bim's descriptions are so loving an admiring, and Tara is concerned Bim is ini love with her own brother
(c) Because Tara has visited Raja often and knows these descriptions are incorrect
(d) Because they are so accurate

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

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