1. What episode at school upset Tara's emotions so much she seem obsessed with one of the teachers?
(a) A female teacher falls in love with Tara
(b) A female teacher was found to be having an affair with a local monk
(c) A teacher elopes with Sharma
(d) Two of the teachers fall in love

2. That night on the veranda, what does Tara become upset about and apologize for?
(a) For leaving Bim with Baba
(b) The time she got angry at Bim for cutting her hair
(c) For marrying Bakul instead of Dr. Biswas
(d) The time Bim gets attacked by bees and Tara did nothing

3. How does Aunt Mira treat Baba?
(a) She is afraid of him and avoids 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 ignores him

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

5. 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

6. How does Bim remember the incident?
(a) She thinks about Tara's betrayal every day
(b) She has never forgiven her sister for running off
(c) She hardly recalls it, thinking only of the minor pain of the stings
(d) She remembers it just as intensely, but saw it in a different light

7. Which of the children grew up to become exactly what they said they wanted to be as a child?
(a) Baba the insurance salesman
(b) Raja a hero
(c) Tara, becoming a mother
(d) Bim the teacher

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

9. What is Bakul's solution to Tara's problems with Bim?
(a) To have Bim committed to an institution
(b) To forget about it
(c) To encourage Bim and Raja to meet and talk
(d) To take Bim shopping for new clothes

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

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

12. How does Bim handle her anger at Raja for growing up and away from the other children?
(a) She takes long walks by the river
(b) She watches hours of television
(c) She becomes cruel to Tara
(d) She uses a punching bag in the gardner's shed

13. Who is successful and popular at school?
(a) Bim and Raja
(b) Baba
(c) Their mother
(d) Tara

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

15. When Bakul sees Bim at her desk the next morning and offers to help with speaking to Sharma, what is her reaction?
(a) Bim pretends there is no problem
(b) Bim says she is going to sell the family shares to the business
(c) Bim thanks him for his concern
(d) Bim asks him to speak to Sharma