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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 does Ram Lal tell Raka they make in the factories?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Serum for injections.
(c) Candy.
(d) Buddha Statues.

2. At the end of Part II, Chapter 2, Raka searches for what creature under the stones?
(a) Praying Mantis.
(b) Salamander.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Hen.

3. What book is Nanda reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon.
(b) On Living Alone.
(c) Sei Shonagon’s Pillow.
(d) All about Pillows.

4. According to the description in Chapter 5, how did others view Nanda when she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s house?
(a) Annoying.
(b) A queen.
(c) A peasant.
(d) A maid.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?

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

4. What was the room Nanda’s husband slept in before she had his bed moved there?

5. In Chapter 5, Nanda thinks of her life at the Vice Chancellor’s house in what state?

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