1. Who is sitting on the veranda while Raja departs the family home?
(a) Bim, Baba and the dog Begum
(b) Bim alone
(c) Aunt Mira, Tara, and Bakul
(d) Tara, Begum the dog, and Aunt Mira

2. What happened to Hyder Ali's household members?
(a) They escaped to Hyderabad
(b) They were imprisoned
(c) They were all killed in the riots
(d) They fled to America

3. What happens when Raja's friends at Hindu College find out he believes the idea of Pakistan is feasible?
(a) They write letters to the newspaper in protest
(b) They become his enemies
(c) They change their opinion and view to his
(d) They try to kill him

4. Where has Bakul been posted when he comes to ask Bim for permission to marry Tara?
(a) Ceylon
(b) Russia
(c) United States
(d) Pakistan

5. Who does Dr. Biswas admire above all others?
(a) Mozart
(b) Gandhi
(c) Beethoven
(d) Elvis Presley

6. What is Tara's reaction to Bim's behavior regarding the letter?
(a) Tara decides to show the letter to Bakul to intercede on Bim's behalf
(b) Tara is too busy looking at her fingernails to listen
(c) Tara is shocked and tries to convince Bim that Raja is not a bad man
(d) Tara agrees that Raja is evil

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

8. What do Bim and the old man discuss?
(a) Fate
(b) Dr. Biswas
(c) Bollywood celebrities
(d) Indian Partition

9. What does Bim claim they do not have enough of for Bakul, yet she pours it generously for the cat and for Baba?
(a) Tea
(b) Milk
(c) Water
(d) Beer

10. What family pet is rescued from the tree in the garden?
(a) Rex the camel
(b) The parrot
(c) Baba's gecko
(d) Bim's cat

11. What are the names of the people everyone is talking about that summer, according to this novel?
(a) Gandhi, Clinton, Reagan and Bush
(b) Gandhi, Mountbatten, Churchill, Jinnah and Nehru
(c) Queen Elizabeth, Gandhi, Churchill and Nehru
(d) Gandhi, FDR, Churchill and Nehru

12. What does Bim return with from Hyder Ali Sahib's house?
(a) A dog, a cat, and some food
(b) Books, a dog and a car
(c) Furniture, money and some letters
(d) A dog, a servant, and the gramophone

13. Where is Tara spending all of her time?
(a) Under Aunt Mira's bed
(b) On the rose path
(c) At the home of Hyder Ali
(d) At the home of the Misras sisters

14. Why did Baba refuse the new 78 records that Tara found for him?
(a) He already has those copies
(b) He is no longer using the gramophone
(c) He does not like Tara
(d) He only likes the ones he has already

15. What does Bim pull out of the desk to show to Tara that night?
(a) A love letter from Dr. Biswas
(b) Photos of their last visit
(c) A scrapbook
(d) A letter from Raja to Bim saying he is now her landlord