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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. 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.

2. What is Tara’s daughter’s name?
(a) Rieko.
(b) Raka.
(c) Rita.
(d) Raquel.

3. Rather than opening the letter right away, Nanda watches what birds fight over an apricot?
(a) Blue jays.
(b) Hens.
(c) Robins.
(d) Bul-bul.

4. How does the book Nanda is reading say a woman’s house should look when she lives alone?
(a) Extremely dilapidated.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Neat and tidy.
(d) Regal.

5. Chapter 9 describes how Nanda moved to Carignano after what event in her life?
(a) Her retirement.
(b) Her husband’s resignation.
(c) Her husband’s death.
(d) Her daughter’s illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Raka mean?

2. In Part II, Chapter 1, Raka and Nanda do what, “because they felt they must” (40)?

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

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

5. In Chapter 4, the letter from Asha is about which of her daughters?

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