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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 - Part II: Chapter 7 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which former resident of Carignano once attacked the gardener for planting marigolds?
(a) Miss Hughes.
(b) Miss Appleton.
(c) Miss Appleby.
(d) Miss Mavis.

2. Who does Raka fall asleep near at the end of Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) Nanda.
(c) The Buddha statue.
(d) Isla Das.

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

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

5. What does Nanda ask Raka if she would like to take to Monkey point in Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) A train.
(b) A boat.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A pony ride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Raka mean?

2. What is Tara’s daughter’s name?

3. Though Nanda prefers solitude, she cannot help but try to encourage Raka to go where to be among people?

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

5. Who does Ila Das tell Nanda she wants to meet in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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