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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Nanda recalls her husband coming home after dropping off how many guests after a badminton game?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 12.

2. What is the title of Part II?
(a) Raka runs away.
(b) Raka disturbs Carignano.
(c) Raka comes to Carignano.
(d) Nanda meets Raka.

3. When Raka looks for Ram Lal at the end of Chapter 2, what does she find him doing?
(a) Cooking Potatoes.
(b) Napping.
(c) Reading.
(d) Heating her bath.

4. What creature does Raka observe at the start of Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Snake.
(b) Owl.
(c) Hen.
(d) Jackal.

5. 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.

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

7. Which former resident of Carignano once attacked the gardener for planting marigolds?
(a) Miss Appleby.
(b) Miss Hughes.
(c) Miss Mavis.
(d) Miss Appleton.

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

9. What is the name of the house Nanda lives in in Kasauli?
(a) Kashmir.
(b) Dal Lake.
(c) Ram’s Lal.
(d) Carignano.

10. When Nanda bumps her leg in Part I, Chapter 10, what colors does she compare the bruise to?
(a) Old meat.
(b) A fire.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Eggplant.

11. Rather than opening the letter right away, Nanda watches what birds fight over an apricot?
(a) Robins.
(b) Bul-bul.
(c) Blue jays.
(d) Hens.

12. Who calls Nanda at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Asha.
(b) Ram Lal.
(c) Ila Das.
(d) Tara.

13. Ram Lal tells Raka in Part II, Chapter 3 to avoid the factory at night because of what creatures, which come out at night?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Jackals.
(d) Owls.

14. What is Tara’s daughter recovering from, according to the letter in Chapter 4?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Flu.
(d) Measles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Raka ignores Nanda with ease, Nanda realizes that her “rejection of the child” was what?

2. Where does Asha wish to send her daughter over the summer?

3. Which former residents of Carignano planted carnations and a yellow rose creeper, which was still there when Nanda moved in?

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

5. Raka tells Ram Lal of the snake she saw and he tells her it is a daman, which means what?

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