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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. In Part II, Chapter 2, Raka is surprised her parents never told her about what, which she sees out the window?
(a) Kasauli.
(b) Factories.
(c) Forest Fires.
(d) The Himalayas.

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

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

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?
(a) The garden.
(b) Kasauli.
(c) The Hamam.
(d) Dinner.

5. What was the room Nanda’s husband slept in before she had his bed moved there?
(a) A bathroom.
(b) A closet.
(c) A dressing room.
(d) The living room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Raka ignores Nanda with ease, Nanda realizes that her “rejection of the child” was what?

2. Ram Lal tells Raka in Part II, Chapter 3 to avoid the factory at night because of what creatures, which come out at night?

3. What lake does Raka look at in Part II, Chapter 5?

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

5. Where does Asha wish to send her daughter over the summer?

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