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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. How does Bim handle her anger at Raja for growing up and away from the other children?
(a) She takes long walks by the river
(b) She becomes cruel to Tara
(c) She watches hours of television
(d) She uses a punching bag in the gardner's shed

2. What does Bim say about rich, fat and successful people?
(a) They are exciting
(b) They are boring
(c) They are admirable
(d) She wants to be one of them

3. What is Bakul's solution to Tara's problems with Bim?
(a) To encourage Bim and Raja to meet and talk
(b) To have Bim committed to an institution
(c) To take Bim shopping for new clothes
(d) To forget about it

4. How does Bim remember the incident?
(a) She hardly recalls it, thinking only of the minor pain of the stings
(b) She thinks about Tara's betrayal every day
(c) She remembers it just as intensely, but saw it in a different light
(d) She has never forgiven her sister for running off

5. As a child, what was Tara always expecting?
(a) To be punished by her parents
(b) To be disappointed
(c) To find a treasure or become a princess
(d) To find out she was adopted

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tara think was happening?

2. Where did Bim and Raja go to cool off in the summer evenings?

3. Who is terrified of going to and being at school?

4. How many children does Raja have?

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. How did Bim remember the incident where she was stung by bees?

2. Why does the author use the episodes of the mad dog, the young teacher, and the bees to describe Tara's character?

3. How does Tara see Aunt Mira?

4. Describe the children's mother

5. Describe the relationship between Bim and Raja.

6. Why does Tara want Bim and Baba to go to the wedding of Raja's daughter?

7. Describe Bim as Tara sees her in this chapter.

8. How did Tara remember the incident when Bim was stung by bees?

9. What is the symbolism the author is relaying when she describes childhood games where the sisters are never able to catch their older brother?

10. How does Tara see their childhood?

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