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

2. What would Baba think if anything happened to Bim?
(a) He would find a career to occupy his time
(b) He would be relieved
(c) He would buy new records with the inheritance
(d) He would think nothing, and he would not even know she was gone

3. 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) Tara, becoming a mother
(c) Raja a hero
(d) Bim the teacher

4. When Bakul sees Bim at her desk the next morning and offers to help with speaking to Sharma, what is her reaction?
(a) Bim pretends there is no problem
(b) Bim asks him to speak to Sharma
(c) Bim thanks him for his concern
(d) Bim says she is going to sell the family shares to the business

5. Who was called to care for Baba when the mother grew tired of him?
(a) The cook
(b) Tara
(c) The cow
(d) Aunt Mira

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Mira treated by her husband's family after he died?

2. At what age was Aunt Mira widowed?

3. What is Theosophy?

4. What does Tara decide to do after that conversation about Raja?

5. Alone in her room that afternoon, what does Bim realize?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author use the episodes of the mad dog, the young teacher, and the bees to describe Tara's character?

2. Describe the children's mother

3. Why is the episode with the cow so important to this novel?

4. How does Bim see their childhood?

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

6. How does Tara see Aunt Mira?

7. What is the symbolism of Bim tearing up Raja's old letter concerning the rent?

8. How did Tara remember the incident when Bim was stung by bees?

9. How was Mira treated by her dead husband's family?

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

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