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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it so strange for Bim to ask Baba if he is going to the office that morning?
(a) He is mentally retarded and never goes to the office
(b) He is usually off on Tuesdays
(c) He has already mentioned going to the track that morning
(d) Bim usually does not speak to Baba in the morning

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

3. What does Baba do that surprises everyone?
(a) He announces his upcoming marriage
(b) He asks for pancakes for breakfast
(c) He begins speaking Spanish
(d) He leaves the house

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

5. The sisters remember playing in the sand and along the banks of what nearby river?
(a) Nile
(b) Jumna
(c) Mississippi
(d) Ganges

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bakul say to Tara when she decides to stay with her family that morning instead of going with him to New Delhi?

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

3. Why are the Misras brothers still living alone at their family home?

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

5. Who does Bim choose to speak to rather than the Misras brothers and sisters?

(see the answer key)

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