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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ram Lal suggest he cook for Raka in Chapter 9?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Potato chips and ketchup.
(c) Cheeseburgers.
(d) Pizza.

2. How does the book Nanda is reading say a woman’s house should look when she lives alone?
(a) Regal.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Extremely dilapidated.
(d) Neat and tidy.

3. When was Nanda’s house built?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1804.

4. In Part II, Chapter 4, how often did Nand ask Raka where she had been when she would disappear for hours?
(a) Hourly.
(b) Never.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Daily.

5. What book is Nanda reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon.
(b) Sei Shonagon’s Pillow.
(c) All about Pillows.
(d) On Living Alone.

6. What was the room Nanda’s husband slept in before she had his bed moved there?
(a) The living room.
(b) A closet.
(c) A bathroom.
(d) A dressing room.

7. At the end of Part II, Chapter 1, Nanda still sees Raka as a what?
(a) Intruder.
(b) Friend.
(c) Roommate.
(d) Lifesaver.

8. What does Ram Lal say he and Nanda are at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Old.
(b) Hilarious.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Sad.

9. 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.

10. In Part II, Chapter 1, Raka and Nanda do what, “because they felt they must” (40)?
(a) Speak.
(b) Smile.
(c) Have tea.
(d) Hug.

11. What is the name of the pastor’s wife who had made several unsuccessful attempts to kill him in Carignano?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Mary.
(c) Miss Hughes.
(d) Miss Appleby.

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

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

14. What is Tara’s daughter’s name?
(a) Rieko.
(b) Raka.
(c) Raquel.
(d) Rita.

15. What does Ram Lal tell Raka they make in the factories?
(a) Buddha Statues.
(b) Serum for injections.
(c) Candy.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her children is Nanda’s letter from?

2. What happened to the woman whose cottage burned down, according to the story Ram Lal tells in Part II, Chapter 6?

3. 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)?

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

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

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