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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bakul deal with the atmosphere in Tara's family home during their stay?
(a) He encourages the sisters to talk it out
(b) He schedules luncheons and meetings all day every day
(c) He manipulates Bim and Tara to cause further anger
(d) He tries to assist Tara in working out the problems with her sister

2. How does Bim now see the pattern of her life?
(a) Uneventful
(b) Bitter
(c) Old
(d) Eccentric

3. Who is successful and popular at school?
(a) Bim and Raja
(b) Tara
(c) Their mother
(d) Baba

4. What does Baba say?
(a) Nothing
(b) "Who is Raja?"
(c) "I hate you"
(d) "You are right, I should go"

5. What does she say to Baba that upsets him?
(a) She is selling the family business and he must move in with Raja
(b) She is breaking all of his records
(c) She wants him to start going to the office every day
(d) She does not love him

6. How does Bim treat Tara, even as an adult?
(a) Like a younger, weaker sister who is there to be manipulated
(b) Like a competitor or a rival
(c) Like a close friend
(d) With love and respect

7. What is one of the most memorable actions she takes against Tara?
(a) Bim suspends Tara's telephone rights
(b) Biim exposes Tara to a swarm of bees
(c) Bim cuts off all of Tara's hair
(d) Bim tells Aunt Mira lies about Tara

8. What does Bim say about rich, fat and successful people?
(a) They are exciting
(b) She wants to be one of them
(c) They are admirable
(d) They are boring

9. Tara tries to talk to one of the Misras sisters regarding her concerns about Bim. How does the Misras sister react?
(a) She offers to come live with Bim and help her
(b) She says Bim is fine
(c) She offers to help Tara speak with her
(d) She offers other examples of Bim's strange behavior

10. What does she do with the papers?
(a) She gives them to Tara's daughters
(b) She throws most of them away, symbolically ridding herself of their hold on her
(c) She confronts Bakul with them
(d) She burns them

11. What event at school upsets Tara so much she lies to avoid it?
(a) Sports Day
(b) Spelling tests
(c) Class picture day
(d) Charity Thursdays

12. What is Theosophy?
(a) A type of cow
(b) A way to cook meat
(c) A type of cat
(d) A form of religion

13. Why does Bim become angry at Tara?
(a) Tara is behaving like a child
(b) Tara's description of her own life and that of Raja makes Bim feel excluded
(c) Tara has made false accusations against Bim
(d) Bim is jealous of Tara's wardrobe

14. What does Bim say when Bakul suggests she talk with Raja before selling?
(a) That Raja would not care
(b) I will call him this afternoon
(c) I agree, I will consult him, you and Baba before making a decision.
(d) Who is Raja?

15. How did the climate affect the children?
(a) They laid around the house or on the veranda, too hot to play anything but word games
(b) They spent all their time out of doors riding their bikes
(c) They were energized to do anything to keep warm
(d) They were active in sports

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tara see in Bim that she never saw before?

2. Which of the children grew up to become exactly what they said they wanted to be as a child?

3. What did the boys say Tara looked like when her hair was cut off?

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

5. How was Baba different from the other children?

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