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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tara think Bim looks like?
(a) One of the Misras sisters
(b) Aunt Mira
(c) Baba
(d) Their mother

2. Where did Bim and Raja go to cool off in the summer evenings?
(a) The River Jumna
(b) Hyder Ali Sahib's house
(c) The mall
(d) The family kitchen

3. What does Bim attempt to do when she joins the others in the garden area and begins talking?
(a) Sleep on the grass
(b) To provoke reactions from Bakul and Tara
(c) Flirt with Mulk
(d) Get slowly but surely drunk

4. What happens on one of these summer evenings that makes an impression on all of the children?
(a) A group of soldiers march by
(b) Hyder Ali Sahib rides past them on his great white horse
(c) The river floods and Baba nearly drowns
(d) They find a dead cow in the river

5. How does Bim use this old letter from Raja?
(a) To blackmail Tara
(b) To remind her how angry she was when the letter came
(c) To remember her brother's handwriting
(d) To remind her to pay the rent

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Baba different from the other children?

2. What did Tara think was happening?

3. What do the children do every evening?

4. Bakul is waiting for them on the veranda. What music greets the sisters when they join Bakul?

5. What happens to Aunt Mira in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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