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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. Why does Dr. Biswas think Bim is not interested in his courtship?
(a) She is not interested in men
(b) She has dedicated her life to caring for her aunt and her brothers
(c) Because she is in love with someone else
(d) She wants to become a num

2. What poet does Bim read to Raja to make him calm down?
(a) Maya Angelou
(b) Sylvia Plath
(c) Byron
(d) Browning

3. How does Bim use this old letter from Raja?
(a) To remind her how angry she was when the letter came
(b) To remind her to pay the rent
(c) To blackmail Tara
(d) To remember her brother's handwriting

4. When Bakul sees Bim with her students, what does he think?
(a) That Bim has grown fat and ugly
(b) That Bim is a bad teacher
(c) That perhaps he has married the wrong sister
(d) That Bim is in love with one of her students

5. What do Bim and the old man discuss?
(a) Bollywood celebrities
(b) Dr. Biswas
(c) Fate
(d) Indian Partition

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tara think Bim looks like?

2. How do Bim's students describe Old Delhi?

3. What kind of business did the Misras brothers have and lose?

4. How does this family dispose of the dead?

5. Where does Tara remember going for escape from the neglect of her parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some of the basic differences between Tara and Bim? Examine their appearance, their attitudes, their sense of family.

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

4. Why does Bim begin to respond to Dr. Biswas and his invitations to take her out?

5. How does Bim describe time? What do you think she means by this?

6. Describe Aunt Mira's behavior in this chapter.

7. Describe Bakul's appearance and behavior, and discuss his attitude towards his work and towards his wife.

8. Why do you think Bim believes she is seeing Aunt Mira's ghost in the garden?

9. Why do the children think of their father as the master of the entrance and the exit?

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

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