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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. What is the title of the section of the book Nanda is reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) How to Decorate a Lonely Home.
(b) When a Woman Lives Alone.
(c) Pillow for One.
(d) The Opulence of Loneliness.

2. In Chapter 5, Nanda compares her great-grandaughter’s visit as putting what around her neck?
(a) A noose.
(b) A necklace.
(c) Silk.
(d) A scarf.

3. What is the name of the pastor’s wife who had made several unsuccessful attempts to kill him in Carignano?
(a) Miss Hughes.
(b) Mary.
(c) Miss Appleby.
(d) Mavis.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tara’s daughter’s name?

2. Which former resident of Carignano once attacked the gardener for planting marigolds?

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

4. When was Nanda’s house built?

5. What is the name of the club Raka ends up at instead of Carignano garden at the end of Part II, Chapter 5?

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