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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Raka tells Ram Lal of the snake she saw and he tells her it is a daman, which means what?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A jackal.
(c) A rat snake.
(d) A fire.

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

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

5. What has Nanda been practicing for an hour each day since she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s?
(a) Stillness.
(b) Tai Chi.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Badminton.

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

7. How is Ila Das’ voice described in Chapter 6?
(a) Soothing.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Shrill.
(d) Deep.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What happened to the woman whose cottage burned down, according to the story Ram Lal tells in Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) She disappeared.
(b) She went crazy.
(c) She moved.
(d) She built a new house.

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

15. What is Ram Lal preparing for Raka at the start of Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) Tea.
(b) Her pajamas.
(c) Her bath.
(d) Dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Nanda’s house built?

2. Who does the main character hope does not come to her house in Chapter 1?

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

4. Who had the house built for his wife in 1843?

5. Who does Ila Das tell Nanda she wants to meet in Chapter 6?

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