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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 treat Tara, even as an adult?
(a) Like a close friend
(b) With love and respect
(c) Like a competitor or a rival
(d) Like a younger, weaker sister who is there to be manipulated
2. Who was sent to fetch them?
(a) Aunt Mira
(b) Hyder Ali
(c) The Misras brothers
(d) Tara and Baba
3. What have the Misras sisters become?
(a) Prostitutes
(b) Corporate leaders
(c) Volunteers
(d) Teachers
4. What is Raja's favorite hobby at this time?
(a) Stamp collecting
(b) Listening to records
(c) Watching cartoons
(d) Reading adventure books and acting out the hero characters
5. As Tara gets older, she no longer seeks comfort from Aunt Mira. Where does she go?
(a) To the neighbors house to spend time with the Misras sisters
(b) To movies in town
(c) To Hyder Ali's house
(d) She runs away from home with one of the Misras sisters
Short Answer Questions
1. What does she do with the papers?
2. What would Baba think if anything happened to Bim?
3. Why does Aunt Mira ask the chidren's parents for a cow?
4. Why is Tara so shocked at Bim's descriptions of Raja and his family?
5. When Tara is speaking to Bakul about her realizations about her sister, what is Bakul thinking about?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Tara remember the incident when Bim was stung by bees?
2. How does Tara see their childhood?
3. What is the symbolism of Bim tearing up Raja's old letter concerning the rent?
4. Why does the author use the episodes of the mad dog, the young teacher, and the bees to describe Tara's character?
5. Why does Tara fail so miserably in school?
6. On page 115, the children ask Mira why their parents play cards, and Mira thinks the answer is obvious. What do you think is the reason?
7. How was Mira treated by her dead husband's family?
8. Why did Tara think her father was trying to kill her mother?
9. Why does Bim resist everything Tara says and mocks Bakul's words?
10. Why does Tara want Bim and Baba to go to the wedding of Raja's daughter?
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