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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. Nanda recites a poem to Raka by which poet in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

2. In Chapter 5, Nanda thinks of her life at the Vice Chancellor’s house in what state?
(a) Kashmir.
(b) New York.
(c) Punjab.
(d) Switzerland.

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

4. What is the title of the section of the book Nanda is reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) How to Decorate a Lonely Home.
(b) The Opulence of Loneliness.
(c) When a Woman Lives Alone.
(d) Pillow for One.

5. When Nanda bumps her leg in Part I, Chapter 10, what colors does she compare the bruise to?
(a) Old meat.
(b) Eggplant.
(c) Sunset.
(d) A fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the woman whose cottage burned down, according to the story Ram Lal tells in Part II, Chapter 6?

2. What is the title of Part I?

3. Which former resident of Carignano once attacked the gardener for planting marigolds?

4. How does the book Nanda is reading say a woman’s house should look when she lives alone?

5. In Chapter 5, Nanda compares her great-grandaughter’s visit as putting what around her neck?

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