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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease did Aunt Mira nurse Bim and Raja through?
(a) Typhoid
(b) Smallpox
(c) Chicken pox
(d) Cancer

2. Who does Bim choose to speak to rather than the Misras brothers and sisters?
(a) Mulk
(b) Jayla
(c) One of the elder men of the Misras family
(d) Bakul

3. What happens to the mother?
(a) She dies without the children ever seeing her again
(b) She divorces the father
(c) She runs off with the chauffeur
(d) She grows old and Bim must care for her

4. What was the difference in religion between Raja and Hyder Ali?
(a) Raja is Hindu, Hyder Ali is Muslim
(b) Raja is Hindu, Ali is an atheist
(c) Raja is Catholic, Ali is Muslim
(d) Raja is Hindu, Hyder Ali was Catholic

5. What childhood event do the Misras sisters remind Tara of that night?
(a) When their parents died
(b) When the bees attacked Bim
(c) When the children first see Hyder Ali Sahib
(d) When the mad dog was shot at school

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bim claim they do not have enough of for Bakul, yet she pours it generously for the cat and for Baba?

2. How does Aunt Mira treat Baba?

3. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?

4. What is Bim's answer when Raja says he wants to grow up to be a hero?

5. What do the Misras sisters want Bakul, Bim and Tara to do that night?

(see the answer key)

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