2. Though Raka ignores Nanda with ease, Nanda realizes that her “rejection of the child” was what?
(a) Easy.
(b) Infuriating.
(c) Planned.
(d) Painful.

3. When Nanda bumps her leg in Part I, Chapter 10, what colors does she compare the bruise to?
(a) Sunset.
(b) A fire.
(c) Eggplant.
(d) Old meat.

4. Who had the house built for his wife in 1843?
(a) Colonel Macdougal.
(b) Ram Lal.
(c) A priest.
(d) The Postman.

5. What does Ram Lal tell Raka the factories she sees are called?
(a) Pasteur Institute.
(b) The Himalaya Institute.
(c) The Kasauli Laboratory.
(d) The Carignano Labs.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. In Part II, Chapter 2, Raka is surprised her parents never told her about what, which she sees out the window?

3. When was Nanda’s house built?

4. At the end of Part II, Chapter 6, Ram Lal and Raka take shelter inside from a dust storm leaving what still burning outside?

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

(see the answer key)

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