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

2. Who were the party throwing owners of Carignano who lived there just prior to Nanda moving in?
(a) The Hughes Sisters.
(b) Miss Weaver and Miss Polson.
(c) Miss Mavis and Miss Appleby.
(d) Raka and Asha.

3. In Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda thinks of how independent Raka is, and how she does what, unlike all other children she has known?
(a) Buys her own clothes.
(b) Cooks for herself.
(c) Puts herself to bed.
(d) Pays her own bills.

4. At the beginning of Part II, Chapter 20, when Raka comes home, what does Nanda tell her she is nothing like?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A mountain.
(c) Nanda.
(d) The moon.

5. Who had the house built for his wife in 1843?
(a) Colonel Macdougal.
(b) A priest.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) The Postman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ila Das call Nanda from in Part II, Chapter 21?

2. At the start of Part II, Chapter 7, after finishing their tea, Nanda says she will join Raka to do what?

3. Who is Ila Das having lunch with when she calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21?

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

5. Where does Nanda suggest they go for their walk in Part II, Chapter 7?

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