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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. What does Ram Lal place on the breakfast table in Part II, Chapter 17?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) A milk jug of lilies.
(d) Maple syrup.

2. Nanda tells Raka that when her mother came to visit Carignano she sang that rainy days were what?
(a) Lily days.
(b) Somber days.
(c) Happy days.
(d) Cricket days.

3. How does Raka react to the information about her mother at the end of Part II, Chapter 17?
(a) With indifference.
(b) Sad.
(c) Scared.
(d) Happy.

4. Ila Das left her position at the college after not getting what position?
(a) Vice Chancellor.
(b) Chancellor.
(c) Lecturer.
(d) Principal.

5. What has Nanda been practicing for an hour each day since she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s?
(a) Stillness.
(b) Badminton.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Tai Chi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the grainseller think of when he told Ila Das she should not be walking home alone so late?

2. Who does Ila say the women in the village will listen to if not the priest?

3. Where does Nanda tell Raka her bronze Buddha was purchased?

4. In Chapter 5, Nanda compares her great-grandaughter’s visit as putting what around her neck?

5. Who does Ila Das say hates her and blames for getting in the way of her work?

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