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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 of the family needed Aunt Mira the most?
(a) The mother
(b) Tara
(c) Baba
(d) The father
2. What has Bim worried in this chapter?
(a) Bim has just discovered she is pregnant
(b) A letter from the family business partner, Sharma, has arrived and he wishes to speak to them
(c) Baba is ill
(d) Dr. Biswas is courting her again
3. What event at school upsets Tara so much she lies to avoid it?
(a) Class picture day
(b) Spelling tests
(c) Charity Thursdays
(d) Sports Day
4. When Bakul sees Bim at her desk the next morning and offers to help with speaking to Sharma, what is her reaction?
(a) Bim says she is going to sell the family shares to the business
(b) Bim asks him to speak to Sharma
(c) Bim pretends there is no problem
(d) Bim thanks him for his concern
5. Alone in her room that afternoon, what does Bim realize?
(a) She resents her family
(b) She really hates being a teacher
(c) She wants to leave home
(d) She loves her brothers and her sister more than anything, and she needs to forgive and make amends
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Bakul treat Tara?
2. What does Bim say when Bakul suggests she talk with Raja before selling?
3. How many children does Raja have?
4. What episode at school upset Tara's emotions so much she seem obsessed with one of the teachers?
5. Tara tries to talk to one of the Misras sisters regarding her concerns about Bim. How does the Misras sister react?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Tara fail so miserably in school?
2. How was Mira treated by her dead husband's family?
3. What is symbolic about Tara holding Bim's hand on the day of their departure?
4. Why does Bim resist everything Tara says and mocks Bakul's words?
5. Why does the author use the episodes of the mad dog, the young teacher, and the bees to describe Tara's character?
6. In your opinion, has Bim always been this way and Tara never saw it, or has Bim changed over the years?
7. Describe Bim as Tara sees her in this chapter.
8. What is the symbolism the author is relaying when she describes childhood games where the sisters are never able to catch their older brother?
9. Why did Tara think her father was trying to kill her mother?
10. Why does Tara want Bim and Baba to go to the wedding of Raja's daughter?
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