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

2. Who does Ila Das tell Nanda she wants to meet in Chapter 6?
(a) Raka.
(b) Asha.
(c) The Vice Chancellor.
(d) Ram Lal.

3. Which former resident of Carignano once attacked the gardener for planting marigolds?
(a) Miss Hughes.
(b) Miss Appleby.
(c) Miss Appleton.
(d) Miss Mavis.

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

5. Who does the main character hope does not come to her house in Chapter 1?
(a) The postman.
(b) The grainseller.
(c) The police.
(d) Ram Lal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. What game did people from campus come to the Vice Chancellors to play?

4. Which of her children is Nanda’s letter from?

5. Who calls Nanda at the start of Chapter 6?

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