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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 - Part I: Chapters 8-10 and Part II: Chapters 1 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the main character hope does not come to her house in Chapter 1?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) The postman.
(c) The police.
(d) The grainseller.

3. 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.

4. 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 built a new house.
(c) She moved.
(d) She went crazy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?

2. In Part II, Chapter 4, how often did Nand ask Raka where she had been when she would disappear for hours?

3. At the end of Part II, Chapter 6, Ram Lal and Raka take shelter inside from a dust storm leaving what still burning outside?

4. How does the book Nanda is reading say a woman’s house should look when she lives alone?

5. What had Raka’s parents told her of the beauty of, which she sees out her window at Carignano?

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