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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At lunch that day, what does Bim try to force Tara to eat?
(a) Very hot curry
(b) A rotten orange
(c) Orange peels
(d) Red meat

2. What does Bim do that evening to help calm her mind?
(a) Watches a favorite tv program
(b) Calls Raja and talks for hours
(c) Drinks wine
(d) Reads her old favorite books

3. Who begins to show interest in Bim?
(a) A Buddhist monk
(b) Sharma
(c) One of her students
(d) Dr. Biswas

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tara think was happening?

2. When Bakul sees Bim with her students, what does he think?

3. What does Bakul say to Tara when she decides to stay with her family that morning instead of going with him to New Delhi?

4. What is Theosophy?

5. What is Bakul's solution to Tara's problems with Bim?

(see the answer key)

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