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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Beer
(b) Water
(c) Tea
(d) Milk

2. Which neighbors do Bakul, Bim and Tara decide to visit that night?
(a) Aunt Mira's family
(b) Hyder Ali Sahib
(c) Gandhi
(d) Misras

3. How does Tara, in this chapter, remember her parents?
(a) She does not remember them at all
(b) People who played cards, year after year, with their friends, and who ignored their children
(c) Loving parents who are involved in their children's futures
(d) As reserved, but compassionate

4. What world event occurred that year that made such a difference in the lives of the four children?
(a) Independence for India and Pakistan
(b) World War II begins
(c) Queen Victoria of England dies
(d) Vietnam War ends

5. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?
(a) Running off his wife
(b) Running off his musicians and denying him money
(c) Stealing his musical instruments
(d) Kidnapping his children

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill do Raja and Bim possess and use throughout their childhood that Tara does not possess?

2. What family pet joins the sisters in the garden?

3. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?

4. Who is asleep on the veranda when Bakul, Bim and Tara return home?

5. Whose ghost does Bim claim to have seen in the garden?

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