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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of climate did the children grow up in?
(a) Tropic, intense heat and humidity during the summer
(b) Bitter cold, in the mountains of India
(c) On an island off the coast of India, breezy and warm
(d) Moderate, with four distinct seasons of snow, cool autumns, mild summers and pleasant springs.

2. Who is terrified of going to and being at school?
(a) Biim
(b) Raja
(c) Tara
(d) One of the Misras sisters

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

4. What overcomes Tara when she is at her family home?
(a) An urge to cook
(b) Sneezing and coughing
(c) Heat, laziness, intimidation by her sister
(d) Energy, excitement and enthusiasm

5. What happened to their mother after twenty years of spending her evenings at the club?
(a) She missed an evening and slipped into a coma
(b) She decided to spend the evening playing cards with her children
(c) She found another man
(d) She decided she no longer wanted to play bridge

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first discussion the sisters have that shows how different they are from each other?

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

3. While they are still children, what childish claim to fame does Raja have?

4. Who does Bimla think of when she hears that Gandhi has been killed?

5. What did Bim want to be when she was grown up?

(see the answer key)

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