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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Biswas recommend as treatment for Aunt Mira?
(a) Put her in a home
(b) Give her alcohol
(c) Have her killed
(d) Counseling, and AA meetings

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

3. What do the Misras sisters want Bakul, Bim and Tara to do that night?
(a) Stay for dinner
(b) Iron their saris
(c) Take the brothers to a bar
(d) Come to Calcutta with them

4. What does Dr.Biswas ask Bim to do?
(a) Travel to Ceylon with him
(b) His laundry
(c) Allow him to move into the house
(d) Meet his mother

5. What surrounds Tara's family home and those of her neighbors?
(a) Poverty and sickness
(b) Gardens full of plants and birds
(c) A lake
(d) Dry parched desert

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Baba refuse the new 78 records that Tara found for him?

2. Why is it so strange for Bim to ask Baba if he is going to the office that morning?

3. Where does Tara remember going for escape from the neglect of her parents?

4. What does Bim compare her cat to?

5. How often do Bakul and Tara visit Bim and Baba?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bim begin to respond to Dr. Biswas and his invitations to take her out?

2. How does Bim feel about her youth? Why do you think she feels that way?

3. How does Bim describe time? What do you think she means by this?

4. Why does Raja leave Bim alone to care for Baba?

5. What is Tara's purpose in coming to the family home?

6. Why does the tea party with Dr. Biswas, his mother and Bim go badly?

7. Why is Bim's conversation with the elder Misras important to the plot?

8. Why does so much responsibility fall to Bim?

9. Why do you think the children's parents are at the club playing bridge every night?

10. Describe Bakul's appearance and behavior, and discuss his attitude towards his work and towards his wife.

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