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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 - Part II: Chapter 13 - 21 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Raka think is the best place she has ever lived?
(a) Carignano.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Kashmir.
(d) New York.

5. At the end of Part II, Chapter 21, what does Nanda decide she will not leave to Raka after she dies?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her Buddha.
(c) Her house.
(d) Her books.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Nanda compares her great-grandaughter’s visit as putting what around her neck?

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

3. What does Nanda ask Raka if she would like to take to Monkey point in Part II, Chapter 12?

4. In Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda thinks of how independent Raka is, and how she does what, unlike all other children she has known?

5. In Part II, Chapter 13, Ram Lal tells Raka that he has seen her going to the ravine in the moonlight, which he says is unsafe because she can be seen by what?

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