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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. When Tara is speaking to Bakul about her realizations about her sister, what is Bakul thinking about?
(a) His travel arrangements
(b) His work
(c) Sleeping with another woman
(d) His luncheon that next day

2. What is Theosophy?
(a) A way to cook meat
(b) A type of cow
(c) A form of religion
(d) A type of cat

3. How does Bim now see the pattern of her life?
(a) Bitter
(b) Eccentric
(c) Uneventful
(d) Old

4. When Raja is away from home one afternoon, what do Bim and Tara do?
(a) They cleaned his room and put fresh flowers in it
(b) They drank his private stash of whiskey and tore his magazines
(c) They moved his bed to the lawn
(d) They put on his clothes, imitate him, disturb his papers in his room and smoke his cigarettes

5. Tara tries to talk to one of the Misras sisters regarding her concerns about Bim. How does the Misras sister react?
(a) She offers to help Tara speak with her
(b) She says Bim is fine
(c) She offers to come live with Bim and help her
(d) She offers other examples of Bim's strange behavior

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on one of these summer evenings that makes an impression on all of the children?

2. What does Tara see in Bim that she never saw before?

3. What episode at school upset Tara's emotions so much she seem obsessed with one of the teachers?

4. What sort of books does Tara read?

5. How does Bim react to her sister's problems at school

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bim see their childhood?

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

3. Why does Bim resist everything Tara says and mocks Bakul's words?

4. Describe the children's mother

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

6. What difference does Aunt Mira make in Baba's life?

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

8. How does Tara see Aunt Mira?

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

10. Describe the word games the children played to pass the time.

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