1 Whom is Nanda Kaul unhappy to see at the beginning? Ram Lal Raka Ila Das The postman 2 Nanda Kaul's life can best be described as solitary boring lively abstemious 3 Nanda Kaul likes Carignano because of its barrenness flora and fauna wildlife weather 4 What kind of trees are on the property? Apple Apricot Lemon Orange 5 All of the following describe someone who lived at Carignano before Nanda Kaul except a social worker in the villages a woman who concocted things out of what grew in the garden an English couple and their children a wife who tried to kill her husband every day 6 Ram Lal can best be described as rude dour religious practical 7 What does Nanda Kaul plan to say to the letter she gets? No Stop writing Thank you Yes 8 Asha is characterized by all the following except her piety her frivolity her desire for stature her beauty 9 What is wrong with Tara? She is depressed She is pregnant She is injured She is sick 10 What did Raka have? Measles Typhoid Dysentery Cholera 11 How does Nanda Kaul feel about her great-granddaughter coming to stay with her? She is extremely bothered She is scared She is mildly excited She is indifferent 12 Nanda Kaul's husband was a/an Vice-Chancellor Lawyer Politician Doctor 13 Ila Das's voice is shrill monotone lilting deep 14 What does Nanda Kaul do for an hour every afternoon? Sits in her garden Weaves Reads a novel Lies very still 15 What exhausted Nanda Kaul about her former life? Guests Children Servants [All of these options exhausted her.] 16 When she was running her household, Nanda Kaul only wanted to be loved to be thought beautiful to have someone understand her to be alone 17 What is the topic of the main entry of the writings of Sei Shonagon that Nanda Kaul is reading? How to bathe A woman's house Types of flowers Types of insects 18 What was a "habit Nanda Kaul had mislaid"? Dreaming Leaving Carignano Thinking about herself Care of others 19 What do Nanda Kaul and Ram Lal agree to feed Raka? Potato chips Chicken Cake Fruit 20 Waiting for Raka, Nanda Kaul takes a nap has a coughing fit faints bumps her leg 21 What does Nanda Kaul think of her children? They're all the same They make her proud Several of them passed away, which makes her sad They were too dull 22 Nanda Kaul's worries about Raka include all the following except entertaining her if she will bring her sickness with her and infect Nanda Kaul having to think about her as an individual not being able to sleep if she is in the house 23 What sort of bird sings a "low, domestic call" as Nanda Kaul waits for Raka? Cuckoo Nightingale Swallow Eagle 24 Who is the narrator of the novel? Nanda Kaul Ila Das A third-person entity Raka 25 How long is Raka to stay with Nanda Kaul? The summer 3 months Unknown 1 year
