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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't they visit more often?
(a) Their daughters do not like Bim or Baba
(b) Bakul cannot drive
(c) Bakul is in foreign service and stationed in many different cities in the world
(d) Tara is afraid of travelling

2. What does Bim give Baba by way of apology for driving him out of the house that morning?
(a) A new record
(b) An ice cream cone
(c) A cigar
(d) A new car

3. How often do Bakul and Tara visit Bim and Baba?
(a) Every summer
(b) Every three to five years
(c) Never
(d) Daily

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

5. What was the difference in religion between Raja and Hyder Ali?
(a) Raja is Hindu, Ali is an atheist
(b) Raja is Hindu, Hyder Ali was Catholic
(c) Raja is Hindu, Hyder Ali is Muslim
(d) Raja is Catholic, Ali is Muslim

6. What did Hyder Ali offer to Raja?
(a) A job as chauffer
(b) A job cleaning stables
(c) Full access to his library
(d) Scholarship to the Muslim university

7. What is the first discussion the sisters have that shows how different they are from each other?
(a) What is for breakfast
(b) When is Raja arriving
(c) What is today's weather forecast
(d) Growing up and things changing from when they were children

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

9. When Tara speaks of being young again, what is Bim's reaction?
(a) Bim says she would love to be a child again
(b) Bim says she doesn't remember much about her childhood
(c) Bim remarks she would never be young again for anything
(d) Bim says she envies Tara's childhood more than her own

10. What family pet joins the sisters in the garden?
(a) Badshah, the family dog
(b) Bessie the cow
(c) Jayla the family parrot
(d) Rex the camel

11. What is Bim's answer when Raja says he wants to grow up to be a hero?
(a) She says she wants to grow up to be a heroine
(b) She wants to be a sky diver
(c) She wants to be a veterinarian
(d) She wants to be a playwright

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

13. 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

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

15. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?
(a) Kidnapping his children
(b) Stealing his musical instruments
(c) Running off his wife
(d) Running off his musicians and denying him money

Short Answer Questions

1. What surrounds Tara's family home and those of her neighbors?

2. Who is asleep on the veranda when Bakul, Bim and Tara return home?

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

4. Which neighbors do Bakul, Bim and Tara decide to visit that night?

5. Who begins to show interest in Bim?

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