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

2. In Chapter 5, Nanda thinks of her life at the Vice Chancellor’s house in what state?
(a) Punjab.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Kashmir.
(d) New York.

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

4. At the end of Part II Chapter 7, Nanda asks Raka if she would like to go where in Kasauli?
(a) School.
(b) The movies.
(c) A party.
(d) Shopping.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Nanda recalls her husband coming home after dropping off how many guests after a badminton game?

2. In Chapter 4, the letter from Asha is about which of her daughters?

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

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

5. Who were the party throwing owners of Carignano who lived there just prior to Nanda moving in?

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