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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 - Part II: Chapter 13 - 21 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After declining to meet Ila Das for lunch, where does Nanda offer to meet her for tea the next day?
(a) Ila’s house.
(b) Kasauli.
(c) Nanda’s house.
(d) Sanawar.

2. At the end of Part II, Chapter 2, Raka searches for what creature under the stones?
(a) Salamander.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Hen.
(d) Praying Mantis.

3. What does Nanda consider putting in the guest room, but ultimately decides against?
(a) Books.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Silk sheets.
(d) A refrigerator.

4. Raka tells Ram Lal of the snake she saw and he tells her it is a daman, which means what?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A jackal.
(c) A fire.
(d) A rat snake.

5. In Chapter 4, Nanda writes Asha to tell her what about Raka?
(a) That Raka disappears for hours.
(b) That Raka is ill.
(c) That she arrived safely.
(d) That Raka is annoying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part I?

2. What is the title of Part II?

3. At the end of Part II, Chapter 13, Raka and Ram Lal try to shoo away a band of what, which had descended on the apricot trees and hydrangeas?

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

5. Who refers to Raka as “the crazy one from Carignano” (91), at the end of Part II, Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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