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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 illness does Raja get that summer?
(a) Depression
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Cancer
(d) Venereal disease
2. Why are the Misras sisters still living at the family home?
(a) They want to be with their brothers
(b) They have a home based internet business
(c) Their husbands have abandoned them
(d) They were wounded in the war
3. What talent did their brother Raja have that developed into a career for him?
(a) He was a great cook
(b) He drove race cars
(c) He sang rock and roll
(d) He wrote poetry
4. Who does Dr. Biswas admire above all others?
(a) Elvis Presley
(b) Gandhi
(c) Beethoven
(d) Mozart
5. Where has Bakul been posted when he comes to ask Bim for permission to marry Tara?
(a) Ceylon
(b) Pakistan
(c) Russia
(d) United States
Short Answer Questions
1. When Bakul sees Bim with her students, what does he think?
2. Why did Baba refuse the new 78 records that Tara found for him?
3. Why is it so strange for Bim to ask Baba if he is going to the office that morning?
4. Why did her father give her mother injections?
5. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Tara's purpose in coming to the family home?
2. Why do the children think of their father as the master of the entrance and the exit?
3. Why does Tara begin to spend time with the Misras sisters?
4. Why does so much responsibility fall to Bim?
5. Describe the family home and the feeling you get about it.
6. Why does Bim show the letter from Raja to Tara?
7. Why is Raja so upset about the whereabouts of the family of Hyder Ali Sahid?
8. Why does Dr. Biswas feel a sense of failure after talking to Bim about Raja's tuberculosis?
9. What resulted from Raja's admiration of Hyder Ali Sahid?
10. How is Old Delhi different from New Delhi? Re-read the parts describing the city and note the words the author uses. Do the words create a sense of place?
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