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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. 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)?
(a) Miss Appleby.
(b) Mary Jo.
(c) Mavis.
(d) Miss Shrewsbury.

2. Who calls Nanda at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) Asha.
(c) Ila Das.
(d) Tara.

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

4. Though Raka ignores Nanda with ease, Nanda realizes that her “rejection of the child” was what?
(a) Planned.
(b) Easy.
(c) Infuriating.
(d) Painful.

5. Who does the main character hope does not come to her house in Chapter 1?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) The grainseller.
(c) The police.
(d) The postman.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the fire burns, Raka goes to the window at night to see if it is any closer to where?

2. What creature does Raka observe at the start of Part II, Chapter 5?

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

4. The beginning of Part II, Chapter 12, states that Raka’s “eyes darkened, as if with” what?

5. Who does Ila Das tell Nanda she wants to meet in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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