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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 - Part I: Chapters 8-10 and Part II: Chapters 1 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the description in Chapter 5, how did others view Nanda when she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s house?
(a) Annoying.
(b) A maid.
(c) A peasant.
(d) A queen.

2. Which former resident of Carignano once attacked the gardener for planting marigolds?
(a) Miss Hughes.
(b) Miss Mavis.
(c) Miss Appleby.
(d) Miss Appleton.

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

4. What does Ram Lal say he and Nanda are at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Sad.
(b) Old.
(c) Hilarious.
(d) Intelligent.

5. How many letters does the postman give to Nanda in Chapter 3?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

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. Which former residents of Carignano planted carnations and a yellow rose creeper, which was still there when Nanda moved in?

3. When Raka looks for Ram Lal at the end of Chapter 2, what does she find him doing?

4. In Chapter 4, Nanda writes Asha to tell her what about Raka?

5. In Part II, Chapter 4, how often did Nand ask Raka where she had been when she would disappear for hours?

(see the answer key)

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