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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bakul say to Tara when she decides to stay with her family that morning instead of going with him to New Delhi?
(a) She has made a wise decision that he agrees with
(b) He wants a divorce
(c) She deserves time with her family after spending so much time taking care of his needs
(d) She has gone back to being the hopeless person she was before he married her

2. When Bim and Baba return from Hyder Ali Sahib's house, what has happened?
(a) Aunt Mira has lost her mind and is running through the garden naked
(b) Tara has run off with Bakul
(c) The cow has drowned in the garden
(d) All of the roses have died

3. How does Bim react to his interest?
(a) She moves away
(b) She falls in love
(c) She begins stalking him
(d) She ignores him

4. What does Bim think of his statement?
(a) She seeks out his mother for her opnion
(b) She is angry and throws him out of the house
(c) She agrees and begins weeping
(d) She believes it to be completely false

5. Why are the Misras sisters still living at the family home?
(a) They have a home based internet business
(b) They were wounded in the war
(c) Their husbands have abandoned them
(d) They want to be with their brothers

Short Answer Questions

1. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?

2. Bakul is waiting for them on the veranda. What music greets the sisters when they join Bakul?

3. What instrument does Dr. Biswas play?

4. What do the children call their father?

5. What does Bim give Baba by way of apology for driving him out of the house that morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Raja choose Hindu College over his original choice?

2. What is the importance in the plot of the Misras brother, Mulk, and his drunkeness

3. Why does Bim show the letter from Raja to Tara?

4. What resulted from Raja's admiration of Hyder Ali Sahid?

5. How does Bim feel about her youth? Why do you think she feels that way?

6. Why does Raja leave Bim alone to care for Baba?

7. What is symbolic about the father's car that was left in the garage after his death?

8. Describe the family home and the feeling you get about it.

9. Why does Tara begin to spend time with the Misras sisters?

10. What is Tara's purpose in coming to the family home?

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