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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 - Part I: Chapters 8-10 and Part II: Chapters 1 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the party throwing owners of Carignano who lived there just prior to Nanda moving in?
(a) Miss Weaver and Miss Polson.
(b) Miss Mavis and Miss Appleby.
(c) Raka and Asha.
(d) The Hughes Sisters.

2. Where does Asha’s daughter live with her husband and daughter?
(a) Kashmir.
(b) Kasauli.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Carignano.

3. In Chapter 7, Nanda recalls her husband coming home after dropping off how many guests after a badminton game?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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 Shrewsbury.
(b) Mavis.
(c) Miss Appleby.
(d) Mary Jo.

5. What creature does Raka observe at the start of Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Jackal.
(b) Owl.
(c) Snake.
(d) Hen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ram Lal tell Raka they make in the factories?

3. At the end of Part II, Chapter 2, Raka searches for what creature under the stones?

4. When was Nanda’s house built?

5. Rather than opening the letter right away, Nanda watches what birds fight over an apricot?

(see the answer key)

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