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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. Where does Asha wish to send her daughter over the summer?
(a) Geneva.
(b) Carignano.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

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

3. 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.

4. According to the description in Chapter 5, how did others view Nanda when she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s house?
(a) A maid.
(b) A peasant.
(c) A queen.
(d) Annoying.

5. What is Nanda’s cook’s name?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) Tara.
(c) Asha.
(d) Raka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nanda compares Raka’s round eyes to what?

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

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. Which former resident of Carignano once attacked the gardener for planting marigolds?

5. What creature does Raka observe at the start of Part II, Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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