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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. Which of Ila Das’ family members squandered their family fortune?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Uncles.
(d) Parents.

2. Nanda compares Raka’s round eyes to what?
(a) Goggles.
(b) Two moons.
(c) An insect.
(d) Cookies.

3. What lake does Raka look at in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Kasauli.
(b) Dal.
(c) Eerie.
(d) Chandigarh.

4. Raka begged Ram Lal not to do what to the mother langur in Part II, Chapter 13?
(a) Cook.
(b) Throw a stone.
(c) Laugh at.
(d) Yell at.

5. Who does Nanda tell Raka bought the bronze Buddha in her drawing room?
(a) Nanda’s grandfather.
(b) Nanda’s brother.
(c) Nanda’s father.
(d) Nanda’s uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is late for tea at the beginning of Part III?

2. What did Ila Das’ parents buy her in hopes it would keep her from having to speak?

3. Who refers to Raka as “the crazy one from Carignano” (91), at the end of Part II, Chapter 18?

4. Who would often sympathetically give Ila Das a little extra garlic or chilies, not knowing she did not eat them?

5. What had Raka’s parents told her of the beauty of, which she sees out her window at Carignano?

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