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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. Nanda tells Raka that when her mother came to visit Carignano she sang that rainy days were what?
(a) Lily days.
(b) Cricket days.
(c) Happy days.
(d) Somber days.

2. Where do Ram Lal and Raka talk to one another in the evening?
(a) In the drawing room.
(b) By the Hamam.
(c) In the guest room.
(d) In the kitchen.

3. What does the freakish ball at the club make Raka think of at the end of Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Nanda’s house.
(b) Her abusive father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Ram Lal’s stories.

4. What does Raka sneak out to see at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 10?
(a) Monkey Point.
(b) A big party at the club.
(c) The burnt cottage.
(d) The jackals.

5. Nanda tells Raka that the full moon she thinks she sees in Part II, Chapter 12 is really what?
(a) Lights from the Institute.
(b) Street Lights.
(c) A forest fire.
(d) Searchlights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ila Das stop on her way home from her tea at Nanda’s house?

2. What does Ram Lal tell Raka the factories she sees are called?

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

4. How does Raka react to the information about her mother at the end of Part II, Chapter 17?

5. In Part II, Chapter 15, Nanda tells Raka of her time where, which she says was like a paradise to her?

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