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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 - Part III: Chapters 1 -13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After declining to meet Ila Das for lunch, where does Nanda offer to meet her for tea the next day?
(a) Nanda’s house.
(b) Kasauli.
(c) Sanawar.
(d) Ila’s house.

2. In Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda thinks of how independent Raka is, and how she does what, unlike all other children she has known?
(a) Cooks for herself.
(b) Puts herself to bed.
(c) Buys her own clothes.
(d) Pays her own bills.

3. Where do Ram Lal and Raka talk to one another in the evening?
(a) By the Hamam.
(b) In the drawing room.
(c) In the guest room.
(d) In the kitchen.

4. The beginning of Part II, Chapter 12, states that Raka’s “eyes darkened, as if with” what?
(a) A secret.
(b) Weariness.
(c) Makeup.
(d) Evil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What lake near her childhood home does Nanda tell Raka about at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 19?

2. Rama Lal tells Raka that a woman turned into what after looking at a churails feet?

3. Who notices a change in Raka at the start of Part II, Chapter 12, after Raka witnesses the costume party?

4. What is Nanda’s cook’s name?

5. At the end of Part III, Chapter 10, what creature does Nanda exchange glances with before shaking it onto the ground to protect it from birds?

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