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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 - Part II: Chapter 7 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the party throwing owners of Carignano who lived there just prior to Nanda moving in?
(a) The Hughes Sisters.
(b) Miss Mavis and Miss Appleby.
(c) Raka and Asha.
(d) Miss Weaver and Miss Polson.

2. Though Nanda prefers solitude, she cannot help but try to encourage Raka to go where to be among people?
(a) School or the club.
(b) Punjab.
(c) Kashmir.
(d) The Pasteur Institute.

3. What creature does Raka observe at the start of Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Jackal.
(b) Snake.
(c) Owl.
(d) Hen.

4. At the end of Part II, Chapter 2, Raka searches for what creature under the stones?
(a) Hen.
(b) Salamander.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Praying Mantis.

5. Who told Raka about the event she sneaks out to see in Part II, Chapter 10?
(a) Nanda.
(b) Ram Lal.
(c) Asha.
(d) Tara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?

2. How is Ila Das’ voice described in Chapter 6?

3. How does Raka feel when Nanda offers to join her in Part II, Chapter 7?

4. Raka tells Ram Lal of the snake she saw and he tells her it is a daman, which means what?

5. Which former resident of Carignano “poked a fork into her cook’s neck when he was choking on a mutton bone in the belief it would make an aperture for him to breathe through” (9)?

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