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

4. What episode at school disturbed Tara deeply and made her think of blood?
(a) The shooting of a mad dog that was hiding under one of the buildings
(b) A bird hits the school room window and dies
(c) One of the teachers dies in class
(d) One of the girls in class injures their head

5. At what age was Aunt Mira widowed?
(a) 17
(b) 25
(c) 50
(d) 15

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

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

8. What big event is happening at Raja's house?
(a) His 100th poem has been published
(b) His wife is pregnant again
(c) His daughter is getting married
(d) He is being promoted

9. Where did Bakul and Tara meet?
(a) At school
(b) At the house of the Misras family
(c) At church
(d) At Hyder Ali's house

10. What did Mira give the children that their own parents did not?
(a) Compassion and attention
(b) Strict discipline and punishment
(c) Presents and money
(d) Drugs and alcohol

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

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

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

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

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