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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 family pet is rescued from the tree in the garden?
(a) Rex the camel
(b) The parrot
(c) Baba's gecko
(d) Bim's cat

2. What does Tara say she wants to be when she grows up?
(a) A caregiver
(b) A card player
(c) A mother
(d) A teacher

3. Where does Raja say he will go?
(a) To Hyderabad to live with the family of Hyder Ali Sahib
(b) To New Delhi and get an apartment
(c) To America and start a new life
(d) To live with Bakul and Tara

4. What does Dr. Biswas recommend as treatment for Aunt Mira?
(a) Put her in a home
(b) Counseling, and AA meetings
(c) Have her killed
(d) Give her alcohol

5. What do the children call their father?
(a) The master of the entrance and the exit
(b) Daddy
(c) Poppa
(d) The one who loves us

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Biswas think Bim is not interested in his courtship?

2. When Raja gets older, what other activity does he get involved in at Hyder Ali's home?

3. What happens to Aunt Mira in this chapter?

4. How does Bim use this old letter from Raja?

5. Why did Baba refuse the new 78 records that Tara found for him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tara feel about her youth? What makes her feel that way?

3. What resulted from Raja's admiration of Hyder Ali Sahid?

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

5. Why does so much responsibility fall to Bim?

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

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

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

9. Why does Raja leave Bim alone to care for Baba?

10. Why is Bim's conversation with the elder Misras important to the plot?

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