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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. Who does the main character hope does not come to her house in Chapter 1?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) The grainseller.
(c) The postman.
(d) The police.

2. What does Nanda tell Raka is “everywhere” (57) in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Insects.
(b) Sadness.
(c) The army.
(d) Peace.

3. After their walk to Monkey Point, Nanda stopped offering to walk with her and instead would do what during tea?
(a) Listen to music.
(b) Tell stories.
(c) Read.
(d) Watch T.V.

4. Nanda compares Raka’s round eyes to what?
(a) An insect.
(b) Goggles.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Two moons.

5. What does the freakish ball at the club make Raka think of at the end of Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Ram Lal’s stories.
(b) Her abusive father.
(c) Nanda’s house.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ram Lal preparing for Raka at the start of Part II, Chapter 6?

2. What has Nanda been practicing for an hour each day since she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s?

3. What does Nanda say there is never enough of that time of year to put out the fires?

4. In Chapter 5, Nanda compares her great-grandaughter’s visit as putting what around her neck?

5. At the end of Part II, Chapter 2, Raka searches for what creature under the stones?

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