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

2. Where does Asha wish to send her daughter over the summer?
(a) Carignano.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) Geneva.

3. What is Ram Lal preparing for Raka at the start of Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Tea.
(c) Her bath.
(d) Her pajamas.

4. What happened to the woman whose cottage burned down, according to the story Ram Lal tells in Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) She disappeared.
(b) She moved.
(c) She went crazy.
(d) She built a new house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book is Nanda reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?

2. What is the title of Part II?

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)?

4. When was Nanda’s house built?

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

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