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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is terrified of going to and being at school?
(a) Raja
(b) Tara
(c) One of the Misras sisters
(d) Biim

2. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?
(a) Curfew bells sound
(b) The city fires are getting dangerously close
(c) Bakul gets angry and leaves
(d) Mulk, one of the brothers, gets drunk and abusive

3. What happened to their mother after twenty years of spending her evenings at the club?
(a) She found another man
(b) She decided she no longer wanted to play bridge
(c) She missed an evening and slipped into a coma
(d) She decided to spend the evening playing cards with her children

4. How often do Bakul and Tara visit Bim and Baba?
(a) Never
(b) Every summer
(c) Daily
(d) Every three to five years

5. What color horse does Hyder Ali ride along the banks of the Jumna River
(a) Paint
(b) Roan
(c) White
(d) Gray

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes wrong with Dr. Biswas and Bim?

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

3. How does Bim use this old letter from Raja?

4. How do Bim's students describe Old Delhi?

5. Where does Bakul think he and Tara should have stayed instead of at her family home?

(see the answer key)

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