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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 - Part III: Chapters 1 -13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After seeing a headless man with a shawl dripping with blood, Raka runs off doing what?
(a) Doing Cartwheels.
(b) Crying.
(c) Soaring.
(d) Laughing.

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

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

4. Though Raka ignores Nanda with ease, Nanda realizes that her “rejection of the child” was what?
(a) Infuriating.
(b) Painful.
(c) Planned.
(d) Easy.

5. What lake near her childhood home does Nanda tell Raka about at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 19?
(a) Dal Lake.
(b) Lake India.
(c) Carignano.
(d) Kasauli.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nanda tell Raka the letter said about her mother?

3. Who shouts at Ila Das while she is walking to Carignano?

4. How does Raka feel when Nanda offers to join her in Part II, Chapter 7?

5. What does Raka imagine she is when she is atop Monkey Point in Part II, Chapter 8?

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