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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. The sisters remember playing in the sand and along the banks of what nearby river?
(a) Nile
(b) Jumna
(c) Ganges
(d) Mississippi
2. How does Bim use this old letter from Raja?
(a) To remember her brother's handwriting
(b) To remind her to pay the rent
(c) To remind her how angry she was when the letter came
(d) To blackmail Tara
3. Which neighbors do Bakul, Bim and Tara decide to visit that night?
(a) Misras
(b) Gandhi
(c) Hyder Ali Sahib
(d) Aunt Mira's family
4. What family pet joins the sisters in the garden?
(a) Bessie the cow
(b) Rex the camel
(c) Badshah, the family dog
(d) Jayla the family parrot
5. What kind of business did the Misras brothers have and lose?
(a) Car washing
(b) Bar and Grill
(c) Auto repair shop
(d) Ice factory and soda water business
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Dr. Biswas admire above all others?
2. Where does Bim go with the Doctor?
3. Where does Tara remember going for escape from the neglect of her parents?
4. Where does Baba get the gramophone?
5. Why can't they visit more often?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Tara so disturbed by Bim's remarks on the lawn with Bakul and the Misras?
2. Why does so much responsibility fall to Bim?
3. Why does Bim begin to respond to Dr. Biswas and his invitations to take her out?
4. How does Bim describe time? What do you think she means by this?
5. What are some of the basic differences between Tara and Bim? Examine their appearance, their attitudes, their sense of family.
6. What is the importance in the plot of the Misras brother, Mulk, and his drunkeness
7. Why do you think Bim believes she is seeing Aunt Mira's ghost in the garden?
8. Why does the tea party with Dr. Biswas, his mother and Bim go badly?
9. Why does Bim show the letter from Raja to Tara?
10. Describe Bim as an adult woman, including her attitude towards her family members as well as her appearance.
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