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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 childhood event do the Misras sisters remind Tara of that night?
(a) When the children first see Hyder Ali Sahib
(b) When the bees attacked Bim
(c) When the mad dog was shot at school
(d) When their parents died

2. How does Bim recover from grieving for Aunt Mira
(a) Repeating the poem The Waste Land
(b) Bim begins going to church regularly
(c) She spends time at Mira's grave, talking to her
(d) She writes a long letter to Raja concerning their memories of Mira

3. Who does Raja share his knowledge and dreams with in the family?
(a) Bimla
(b) The jet-black cat
(c) Tara
(d) Baba

4. What does Dr. Biswas say is wrong with Bim?
(a) She is caring for too many sick people
(b) She is conceited
(c) She is getting fat
(d) She is getting gray

5. What did Baba play with before the gramophone?
(a) Video games
(b) Chess
(c) Checkers
(d) Pebbles given to him by Aunt Mira

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes wrong with Dr. Biswas and Bim?

2. What does Bim compare her cat to?

3. How often do Bakul and Tara visit Bim and Baba?

4. Who did their brother Raja admire above all?

5. The sisters remember playing in the sand and along the banks of what nearby river?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Raja so upset about the whereabouts of the family of Hyder Ali Sahid?

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

5. Why are Muslims no longer safe in India? What has caused this problem?

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

7. Describe how Bim sees her brother's poems now.

8. Why does the tea party with Dr. Biswas, his mother and Bim go badly?

9. Why do you think the children's parents are at the club playing bridge every night?

10. Why does Raja refuse to take over the family business?

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