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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet does Bim read to Raja to make him calm down?
(a) Browning
(b) Sylvia Plath
(c) Maya Angelou
(d) Byron

2. Who does Dr. Biswas admire above all others?
(a) Elvis Presley
(b) Gandhi
(c) Beethoven
(d) Mozart

3. How do Bim's students describe Old Delhi?
(a) As a great cemetery, with every house a tomb
(b) A bustling business center
(c) The place where they wish to live forever
(d) A vibrant city representing progress

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

5. What family pet is rescued from the tree in the garden?
(a) Bim's cat
(b) Rex the camel
(c) Baba's gecko
(d) The parrot

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of birds begin their calls before daylight around the family's home?

2. Where does Tara remember going for escape from the neglect of her parents?

3. What do Bim and the old man discuss?

4. What does Tara ask Bim to do?

5. What did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?

(see the answer key)

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