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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 did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?
(a) A job cleaning stables
(b) A job as chauffer
(c) Scholarship to the Muslim university
(d) Full access to his library

2. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?
(a) Curfew bells sound
(b) Mulk, one of the brothers, gets drunk and abusive
(c) Bakul gets angry and leaves
(d) The city fires are getting dangerously close

3. Where does Bakul think he and Tara should have stayed instead of at her family home?
(a) At the home of Bakul's parents
(b) In the empty house of Hyder Ali Sahib
(c) In a hotel
(d) His uncle and aunt's on Aurangzeb Road

4. What happens to the mother?
(a) She dies without the children ever seeing her again
(b) She divorces the father
(c) She runs off with the chauffeur
(d) She grows old and Bim must care for her

5. What language does Raja admire the most?
(a) English
(b) Urdu
(c) Spanish
(d) HIndi

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who begins to show interest in Bim?

3. Why are the Misras sisters still living at the family home?

4. Where does Raja say he will go?

5. How does the richness of Hyder Ali's home compare to Raja's home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Bim as an adult woman, including her attitude towards her family members as well as her appearance.

3. Why does so much responsibility fall to Bim?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the difference between the languages of Urdu and Hindi?

10. Describe the way Bim speaks to Tara, to Bakul and to Baba.

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