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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. In this chapter, what does Tara apologize to Bim for?
(a) Eating all the oranges
(b) Cutting Bim's hair off
(c) Departing so soon after marriage and leaving Bim to care for Baba
(d) Marrying Baku when she knew Bim was in love with him
2. What honor did Bim receive in school?
(a) Best athlete
(b) Most Improved Student
(c) Most accomplished reader
(d) Head girl
3. What papers does she decide to go through?
(a) Tara's private papers
(b) Old drawings done by Baba
(c) The ones in the bottom drawer of the desk
(d) Bakul's official papers
4. How does Bim react to her sister's problems at school
(a) She goes to the teachers and asks them for help
(b) She defends Tara against the other children
(c) She complains to Raja and asks him to fix it
(d) She ignores her sister and joins in with the teasing
5. What big event is happening at Raja's house?
(a) He is being promoted
(b) His 100th poem has been published
(c) His daughter is getting married
(d) His wife is pregnant again
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Baba's reaction?
2. What does Bim say about rich, fat and successful people?
3. When Tara is speaking to Bakul about her realizations about her sister, what is Bakul thinking about?
4. Whose letter does Tara read to Bim?
5. What does Bim tell Tara to tell Raja?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Tara fail so miserably in school?
2. In your opinion, has Bim always been this way and Tara never saw it, or has Bim changed over the years?
3. What is the symbolism of Tara's words to Bim pouring out of her quickly on the day of her departure?
4. How does Bim see their childhood?
5. Why does the author use the episodes of the mad dog, the young teacher, and the bees to describe Tara's character?
6. Why does Bim take out her rage on Baba?
7. Why is Bakul so shocked when Bim says she has made a decision?
8. How does Tara see Aunt Mira?
9. Why did Tara think her father was trying to kill her mother?
10. 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?
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