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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. In Part II, Chapter 20, Nanda suggests that Raka stay with her to hear what birds?
(a) Bul-buls.
(b) Hoopoes.
(c) Owls.
(d) Hens.

2. 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) Nanda’s house.
(c) Her abusive father.
(d) Her grandmother.

3. After leaving her position at the college, what did Ila Das take a course to become, at Nanda’s suggestion?
(a) A social worker.
(b) A scientist.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A nursemaid.

4. Who does Raka fall asleep near at the end of Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) The Buddha statue.
(c) Nanda.
(d) Isla Das.

5. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) The taxi driver.
(c) Nanda.
(d) Isla Das.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part II?

2. In Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda thinks of how independent Raka is, and how she does what, unlike all other children she has known?

3. Chapter 9 describes how Nanda moved to Carignano after what event in her life?

4. What does Nanda tell Raka her father had at their home in Part II, Chapter 19?

5. The beginning of Part II, Chapter 12, states that Raka’s “eyes darkened, as if with” what?

(see the answer key)

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