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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bakul is waiting for them on the veranda. What music greets the sisters when they join Bakul?
(a) Bakul's transister radio
(b) Aunt Mira playing the flute
(c) Baba's old 78 records
(d) Country music from the Misras home

2. That night on the veranda, what does Tara become upset about and apologize for?
(a) The time she got angry at Bim for cutting her hair
(b) For leaving Bim with Baba
(c) The time Bim gets attacked by bees and Tara did nothing
(d) For marrying Bakul instead of Dr. Biswas

3. What did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?
(a) Full access to his library
(b) A job as chauffer
(c) Scholarship to the Muslim university
(d) A job cleaning stables

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

5. What does Bim say about rich, fat and successful people?
(a) They are boring
(b) She wants to be one of them
(c) They are exciting
(d) They are admirable

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aunt Mira treat Baba?

2. Whose letter does Tara read to Bim?

3. What did Tara see her father do to her mother long ago?

4. What poet does Bim read to Raja to make him calm down?

5. What does Bim tell Tara to tell Raja?

(see the answer key)

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