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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. Why does Dr. Biswas think Bim is not interested in his courtship?
(a) She is not interested in men
(b) Because she is in love with someone else
(c) She has dedicated her life to caring for her aunt and her brothers
(d) She wants to become a num
2. What sort of birds begin their calls before daylight around the family's home?
(a) Hawks
(b) Koels
(c) Seagulls
(d) Cardinals
3. What does Bim claim they do not have enough of for Bakul, yet she pours it generously for the cat and for Baba?
(a) Beer
(b) Milk
(c) Water
(d) Tea
4. How does this family dispose of the dead?
(a) Burial at sea
(b) Burial in a plot in the back yard
(c) Burial in an expensive crypt
(d) Cremation
5. What does Mulk accuse his sisters of doing to him?
(a) Running off his musicians and denying him money
(b) Stealing his musical instruments
(c) Running off his wife
(d) Kidnapping his children
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Baba do that surprises everyone?
2. Bakul is waiting for them on the veranda. What music greets the sisters when they join Bakul?
3. Who did their brother Raja admire above all?
4. What skill do Raja and Bim possess and use throughout their childhood that Tara does not possess?
5. In the summer of what year does Bim think time stopped for the family?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the tea party with Dr. Biswas, his mother and Bim go badly?
2. Why does Dr. Biswas feel a sense of failure after talking to Bim about Raja's tuberculosis?
3. Why does so much responsibility fall to Bim?
4. Describe the family home and the feeling you get about it.
5. Why do you think Bim believes she is seeing Aunt Mira's ghost in the garden?
6. Describe the way Bim speaks to Tara, to Bakul and to Baba.
7. Why is Tara so disturbed by Bim's remarks on the lawn with Bakul and the Misras?
8. Why does Raja choose Hindu College over his original choice?
9. Why are Muslims no longer safe in India? What has caused this problem?
10. Why does Bim begin to respond to Dr. Biswas and his invitations to take her out?
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