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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. Who begins to show interest in Bim?
(a) One of her students
(b) Dr. Biswas
(c) A Buddhist monk
(d) Sharma
2. What family pet is rescued from the tree in the garden?
(a) Baba's gecko
(b) Bim's cat
(c) The parrot
(d) Rex the camel
3. When Bakul sees Bim with her students, what does he think?
(a) That perhaps he has married the wrong sister
(b) That Bim is a bad teacher
(c) That Bim is in love with one of her students
(d) That Bim has grown fat and ugly
4. What happens when Raja's friends at Hindu College find out he believes the idea of Pakistan is feasible?
(a) They try to kill him
(b) They write letters to the newspaper in protest
(c) They become his enemies
(d) They change their opinion and view to his
5. Who does Bimla think of when she hears that Gandhi has been killed?
(a) Raja
(b) Dr. Biswas
(c) Tara
(d) Mrs. Gandhi
Short Answer Questions
1. In the summer of what year does Bim think time stopped for the family?
2. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?
3. What illness does Raja get that summer?
4. What do Bim and the old man discuss?
5. What does Bakul say to Tara when she decides to stay with her family that morning instead of going with him to New Delhi?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Tara begin to spend time with the Misras sisters?
2. Describe the family home and the feeling you get about it.
3. Why does Dr. Biswas feel a sense of failure after talking to Bim about Raja's tuberculosis?
4. What is symbolic about the father's car that was left in the garage after his death?
5. Why does Bim show the letter from Raja to Tara?
6. Why is Tara so disturbed by Bim's remarks on the lawn with Bakul and the Misras?
7. What is the importance in the plot of the Misras brother, Mulk, and his drunkeness
8. Why do you think the children's parents are at the club playing bridge every night?
9. How does Tara feel about her youth? What makes her feel that way?
10. How does Bim feel about her youth? Why do you think she feels that way?
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