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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What childhood event do the Misras sisters remind Tara of that night?
(a) When the mad dog was shot at school
(b) When the children first see Hyder Ali Sahib
(c) When the bees attacked Bim
(d) When their parents died

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

3. What surrounds Tara's family home and those of her neighbors?
(a) Poverty and sickness
(b) Dry parched desert
(c) A lake
(d) Gardens full of plants and birds

4. What happens to the mother?
(a) She grows old and Bim must care for her
(b) She dies without the children ever seeing her again
(c) She runs off with the chauffeur
(d) She divorces the father

5. While they are still children, what childish claim to fame does Raja have?
(a) The sisters are never able to catch him in any game
(b) He always wins at cards
(c) He is the only one able to count to 100 for hide and go seek
(d) He always cheats in order to win

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bim react to his interest?

2. How many children does Raja have?

3. What papers does she decide to go through?

4. Why did Baba refuse the new 78 records that Tara found for him?

5. Who was called to care for Baba when the mother grew tired of him?

(see the answer key)

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