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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What honor did Raja receive in school?
2. Who is terrified of going to and being at school?
3. How did the climate affect the children?
4. What would Baba think if anything happened to Bim?
5. What does Bim tell Tara to tell Raja?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Bim see their childhood?
2. 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?
3. How was Mira treated by her dead husband's family?
4. Why does Tara fail so miserably in school?
5. Describe Bim as Tara sees her in this chapter.
6. How does Tara see their childhood?
7. Why does Bim take out her rage on Baba?
8. Why does Bim resist everything Tara says and mocks Bakul's words?
9. What is the symbolism of Bim tearing up Raja's old letter concerning the rent?
10. In your opinion, has Bim always been this way and Tara never saw it, or has Bim changed over the years?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Read the paragraphs following the moment that Tara, Bakul and the girls leave the family home and Bim and Baba are left sitting on the veranda in the light. How the symbolism and theme of the entire novel represented there?
Essay Topic 2
How are the children treated by their parents, and how does this treatment show up in their lives? After a paragraph concerning the treatment of all of the children, choose one of them and write about how the parents' treatment affected that character's attitude towards life, their choices in love, and their professions.
Essay Topic 3
The children are present on the banks of the Jumna River when Hyder Ali Sahib rides by on his fine white horse. How do each of the children remember this incident, and how does it affect them? Describe it from the viewpoint of Raja, Bim, Tara and Baba.
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