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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 is Tara carrying a set of keys on a chain around her waist?
(a) She likes the sound it makes when she walks
(b) She cannot find her purse
(c) She found these keys in Bim's desk and Bim gave them to her
(d) Bakul has asked her to keep the keys to their trunks and suitcases

2. Which of the children first grows tired of Aunt Mira's ministrations and leaves the home for other adventures?
(a) Bim
(b) Raja
(c) Tara
(d) Baba

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

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

5. What did Tara see her father do to her mother long ago?
(a) Slap her
(b) Give her an injection for her diabetes
(c) Yell at her
(d) Make love to her

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bim treat Tara, even as an adult?

2. Who was called to care for Baba when the mother grew tired of him?

3. How does Bakul treat Tara?

4. Whose letter does Tara read to Bim?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bim remember the incident where she was stung by bees?

2. Why does Tara want Bim and Baba to go to the wedding of Raja's daughter?

3. Describe Aunt Mira as she is in this chapter

4. How does Tara see their childhood?

5. Describe Raja in Bim's eyes until this chapter begins.

6. In your opinion, has Bim always been this way and Tara never saw it, or has Bim changed over the years?

7. Describe the children's mother

8. How does Tara see Aunt Mira?

9. What difference does Aunt Mira make in Baba's life?

10. How was Baba different?

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