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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. Where does Asha’s daughter live with her husband and daughter?
(a) Kashmir.
(b) Carignano.
(c) Kasauli.
(d) Geneva.

2. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?
(a) Isla Das.
(b) Nanda.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) The taxi driver.

3. What is Ram Lal preparing for Raka at the start of Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Tea.
(c) Her bath.
(d) Her pajamas.

4. What does Ram Lal suggest he cook for Raka in Chapter 9?
(a) Cheeseburgers.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Potato chips and ketchup.

5. What does Nanda say there is never enough of that time of year to put out the fires?
(a) Firemen.
(b) Residents.
(c) Water.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the party throwing owners of Carignano who lived there just prior to Nanda moving in?

2. According to the description in Chapter 5, how did others view Nanda when she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s house?

3. 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)?

4. Though Nanda prefers solitude, she cannot help but try to encourage Raka to go where to be among people?

5. Ram Lal tells Raka in Part II, Chapter 3 to avoid the factory at night because of what creatures, which come out at night?

(see the answer key)

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