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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. When Raka looks for Ram Lal at the end of Chapter 2, what does she find him doing?
(a) Reading.
(b) Heating her bath.
(c) Cooking Potatoes.
(d) Napping.

2. What book is Nanda reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) On Living Alone.
(b) Sei Shonagon’s Pillow.
(c) All about Pillows.
(d) The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon.

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

4. In Part II, Chapter 2, Raka is surprised her parents never told her about what, which she sees out the window?
(a) Factories.
(b) Kasauli.
(c) Forest Fires.
(d) The Himalayas.

5. What was the room Nanda’s husband slept in before she had his bed moved there?
(a) A dressing room.
(b) A bathroom.
(c) A closet.
(d) The living room.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many letters does the postman give to Nanda in Chapter 3?

2. Who does the main character hope does not come to her house in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. What is the title of Part II?

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