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

2. In Chapter 4, the letter from Asha is about which of her daughters?
(a) Tara.
(b) Tina.
(c) Isla.
(d) Raka.

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

4. Raka tells Ram Lal of the snake she saw and he tells her it is a daman, which means what?
(a) A rat snake.
(b) A jackal.
(c) A fire.
(d) A monkey.

5. At the end of Part II, Chapter 6, Ram Lal and Raka take shelter inside from a dust storm leaving what still burning outside?
(a) The Hamam.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Kasauli.
(d) The garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part II?

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

3. What is Tara’s daughter recovering from, according to the letter in Chapter 4?

4. Who had the house built for his wife in 1843?

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

(see the answer key)

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