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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Baba's reaction?
(a) He goes to Tara for help
(b) He speaks for the first time
(c) He cries and runs out of the room
(d) He draws back from Bim as if she has hit him

2. Alone in her room that afternoon, what does Bim realize?
(a) She resents her family
(b) She really hates being a teacher
(c) She loves her brothers and her sister more than anything, and she needs to forgive and make amends
(d) She wants to leave home

3. How was Mira treated by her husband's family after he died?
(a) As if she were the Queen of India
(b) As if she were their slave
(c) With respect and love
(d) As if she were a valued member of the family

4. Which of the children grew up to become exactly what they said they wanted to be as a child?
(a) Baba the insurance salesman
(b) Bim the teacher
(c) Tara, becoming a mother
(d) Raja a hero

5. At what age was Aunt Mira widowed?
(a) 25
(b) 15
(c) 50
(d) 17

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

7. As Tara gets older, she no longer seeks comfort from Aunt Mira. Where does she go?
(a) To movies in town
(b) To the neighbors house to spend time with the Misras sisters
(c) To Hyder Ali's house
(d) She runs away from home with one of the Misras sisters

8. Who of the family needed Aunt Mira the most?
(a) Tara
(b) Baba
(c) The mother
(d) The father

9. How does Bim react to her sister's problems at school
(a) She defends Tara against the other children
(b) She ignores her sister and joins in with the teasing
(c) She complains to Raja and asks him to fix it
(d) She goes to the teachers and asks them for help

10. When Tara is speaking to Bakul about her realizations about her sister, what is Bakul thinking about?
(a) His luncheon that next day
(b) Sleeping with another woman
(c) His work
(d) His travel arrangements

11. As a child, what was Tara always expecting?
(a) To find a treasure or become a princess
(b) To find out she was adopted
(c) To be punished by her parents
(d) To be disappointed

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

13. Who does Bim direct her anger to?
(a) The cow
(b) Mira
(c) The cat
(d) Baba

14. Whose letter does Tara read to Bim?
(a) A letter to Tara from Raja
(b) From her daughters
(c) From their mother to their father
(d) From Aunt Mira to their mother

15. Why did Tara marry Bakul instead of going to college and furthering her education?
(a) She could not decide what courses to take
(b) She was pregnant
(c) Tara hated school
(d) She could not afford college

Short Answer Questions

1. When Raja is away from home one afternoon, what do Bim and Tara do?

2. What is the one thing she could not do for Baba?

3. What does Bim say about rich, fat and successful people?

4. Why is Tara carrying a set of keys on a chain around her waist?

5. After she speaks to Baba, who does Bim seek out to vent her anger?

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