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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Raja meet Hyder Ali?
(a) Hyder's horse ran over the boy
(b) At a party at the Misras house
(c) Raja was swinging on Hyder Ali's garden gate when he reurned from a ride
(d) Bim introduced them

2. Where does Bakul think he and Tara should have stayed instead of at her family home?
(a) In the empty house of Hyder Ali Sahib
(b) His uncle and aunt's on Aurangzeb Road
(c) In a hotel
(d) At the home of Bakul's parents

3. Why does Dr. Biswas think Bim is not interested in his courtship?
(a) She has dedicated her life to caring for her aunt and her brothers
(b) She is not interested in men
(c) She wants to become a num
(d) Because she is in love with someone else

4. In the summer of what year does Bim think time stopped for the family?
(a) 1947
(b) 1965
(c) 1982
(d) 1908

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bakul is waiting for them on the veranda. What music greets the sisters when they join Bakul?

3. What disrupts the neighborhood gathering?

4. How do Bim's students describe Old Delhi?

5. Who takes care of Raja?

(see the answer key)

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