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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What helps Raja to begin to get better?
(a) Winter arrives and it is cooler
(b) He falls in love with one of the Misras sisters
(c) A new medicine brought by Dr. Biswas
(d) A letter from Hyder Ali Sahib and his daughter Benazir

2. What kind of business did the Misras brothers have and lose?
(a) Car washing
(b) Ice factory and soda water business
(c) Auto repair shop
(d) Bar and Grill

3. What did the boys say Tara looked like when her hair was cut off?
(a) A dog
(b) A turtle
(c) A pigeon
(d) Roy Rogers

4. Where does Raja say he will go?
(a) To New Delhi and get an apartment
(b) To Hyderabad to live with the family of Hyder Ali Sahib
(c) To America and start a new life
(d) To live with Bakul and Tara

5. Why did her father give her mother injections?
(a) Her mother had diabetes
(b) He was slowly poisoning her
(c) Her mother had t.b.
(d) Her mother was a drug addict

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Biswas recommend as treatment for Aunt Mira?

2. Who of the family needed Aunt Mira the most?

3. How does Bim use this old letter from Raja?

4. What is one of the most memorable actions she takes against Tara?

5. What do the children do every evening?

(see the answer key)

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