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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What big event is happening at Raja's house?
(a) He is being promoted
(b) His daughter is getting married
(c) His 100th poem has been published
(d) His wife is pregnant again

2. What does Bakul say to Tara when she decides to stay with her family that morning instead of going with him to New Delhi?
(a) She has made a wise decision that he agrees with
(b) He wants a divorce
(c) She deserves time with her family after spending so much time taking care of his needs
(d) She has gone back to being the hopeless person she was before he married her

3. Why can't they visit more often?
(a) Bakul cannot drive
(b) Bakul is in foreign service and stationed in many different cities in the world
(c) Tara is afraid of travelling
(d) Their daughters do not like Bim or Baba

4. When was the last time that Bim has seen Raja?
(a) Last year
(b) Just after he was married and his first child was born
(c) Just after the birth of his third child
(d) Last week

5. Who was sent to fetch them?
(a) The Misras brothers
(b) Hyder Ali
(c) Aunt Mira
(d) Tara and Baba

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aunt Mira treat Baba?

2. Who was called to care for Baba when the mother grew tired of him?

3. What happened to the cow?

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

5. What papers does she decide to go through?

(see the answer key)

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