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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 - Part III: Chapters 1 -13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ila Das end up working after completing her social service class?
(a) Kashmir.
(b) The Himalayan foothills.
(c) Germany.
(d) New York.

2. What does the freakish ball at the club make Raka think of at the end of Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Nanda’s house.
(c) Ram Lal’s stories.
(d) Her abusive father.

3. When Raka looks for Ram Lal at the end of Chapter 2, what does she find him doing?
(a) Cooking Potatoes.
(b) Napping.
(c) Heating her bath.
(d) Reading.

4. Who did the grainseller think of when he told Ila Das she should not be walking home alone so late?
(a) The churails.
(b) The priest.
(c) Preet Singh.
(d) The jackals.

5. What is the name of the pastor’s wife who had made several unsuccessful attempts to kill him in Carignano?
(a) Mary.
(b) Miss Appleby.
(c) Miss Hughes.
(d) Mavis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Raka fall asleep near at the end of Part II, Chapter 12?

2. Nanda struggles to find a way to keep Raka’s interested in Part II, Chapter 20 and realizes that Raka’s indifference is what to Nanda?

3. In Part III, Chapter 8, Ila Das tells Nanda she is trying to put and end to what?

4. Rather than opening the letter right away, Nanda watches what birds fight over an apricot?

5. After declining to meet Ila Das for lunch, where does Nanda offer to meet her for tea the next day?

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