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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 Ila tell Raka that Nanda always wore when she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s house no matter what the occasion?
(a) Leather.
(b) Silk.
(c) A robe.
(d) Slippers.

2. In Part II, Chapter 12, Nanda tells Raka that houses may burn and maybe even what?
(a) The Pasteur Institute.
(b) Monkey Point.
(c) Carignano.
(d) Whole villages.

3. At the start of Part III, Chapter7, Ila Das mentions her difficulties, especially after which family member had had troubles as well?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

4. What name does Ila Das mention before going quiet at the end of Part III, Chapter 5?
(a) Miss Chancery.
(b) Miss Davis.
(c) Miss Appleby.
(d) Miss Dennis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nanda say she never cared for in Part III, Chapter 5 when Ila Das talks enthusiastically about music of their youth?

2. Where does Ila Das end up working after completing her social service class?

3. Nanda describes the Buddha as looking as though what “was less than dust to him” (85)?

4. According to the description in Chapter 5, how did others view Nanda when she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s house?

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

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