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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. The beginning of Part II, Chapter 12, states that Raka’s “eyes darkened, as if with” what?
(a) A secret.
(b) Makeup.
(c) Evil.
(d) Weariness.

2. What book is Nanda reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) Sei Shonagon’s Pillow.
(b) The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon.
(c) On Living Alone.
(d) All about Pillows.

3. What does Nanda tell Raka the letter said about her mother?
(a) That she was ill.
(b) That she died.
(c) That she was better.
(d) That she was coming to visit.

4. How does Raka feel when Nanda offers to join her in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Thrilled.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Frightened.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Preet Singh do to Ila Das before raping her?

3. Which former resident of Carignano “poked a fork into her cook’s neck when he was choking on a mutton bone in the belief it would make an aperture for him to breathe through” (9)?

4. Ram Lal tells Raka in Part II, Chapter 3 to avoid the factory at night because of what creatures, which come out at night?

5. What is the name of the club Raka ends up at instead of Carignano garden at the end of Part II, Chapter 5?

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