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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. Why did Tara marry Bakul instead of going to college and furthering her education?
(a) She could not afford college
(b) She was pregnant
(c) She could not decide what courses to take
(d) Tara hated school

2. 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 watches hours of television
(c) She uses a punching bag in the gardner's shed
(d) She becomes cruel to Tara

3. What does Baba say?
(a) "You are right, I should go"
(b) "I hate you"
(c) "Who is Raja?"
(d) Nothing

4. What happens on one of these summer evenings that makes an impression on all of the children?
(a) They find a dead cow in the river
(b) The river floods and Baba nearly drowns
(c) A group of soldiers march by
(d) Hyder Ali Sahib rides past them on his great white horse

5. Where did Bakul and Tara meet?
(a) At Hyder Ali's house
(b) At church
(c) At the house of the Misras family
(d) At school

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Raja's favorite hobby at this time?

2. What would Baba think if anything happened to Bim?

3. Whose letter does Tara read to Bim?

4. What does Bim tell Tara to tell Raja?

5. While they are still children, what childish claim to fame does Raja have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Mira treated by her dead husband's family?

2. Why is Bakul so shocked when Bim says she has made a decision?

3. In your opinion, has Bim always been this way and Tara never saw it, or has Bim changed over the years?

4. Describe Raja in Bim's eyes until this chapter begins.

5. How does Tara see Aunt Mira?

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

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

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

9. Describe the children's mother

10. How does Tara see their childhood?

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