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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 - Part I: Chapters 1 - 7 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Part I?
(a) Nanda gets a visit.
(b) Nanda Kaul and Ram Lal.
(c) Nanda Kaul at Carignano.
(d) Nanda and the Vice Chancellor.

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

3. What was the room Nanda’s husband slept in before she had his bed moved there?
(a) A bathroom.
(b) The living room.
(c) A closet.
(d) A dressing room.

4. Which former resident of Carignano “poked a fork into her cook’s neck when he was choking on a mutton bone in the belief it would make an aperture for him to breathe through” (9)?
(a) Miss Appleby.
(b) Mary Jo.
(c) Miss Shrewsbury.
(d) Mavis.

5. What is Nanda’s cook’s name?
(a) Tara.
(b) Asha.
(c) Raka.
(d) Ram Lal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Asha’s daughter live with her husband and daughter?

2. How is Ila Das’ voice described in Chapter 6?

3. Who does the main character hope does not come to her house in Chapter 1?

4. How many letters does the postman give to Nanda in Chapter 3?

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

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