Nectar in a Sieve Quizzes

Nectar in a Sieve Quiz 1

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1 Who wrote Nectar In A Sieve?

Kamala Markandaya

Rupi Kaur

An unnamed author

Rukmani Markandaya
2 Who narrates Nectar In A Sieve?

Nathan

Markandaya

Kamala

Rukmani
3 Who is the protagonist of Nectar In A Sieve?

Rukmani

Nathan

Kamala

There is no protagonist
4 How many parts is the book divided into?

Three

One

Four

Two
5 What form does Nectar In A Sieve take?

Short story collection

Memoir

Biography

Novel
6 How many sisters does Rukmani have?

Four

Three

None

Two
7 What is Rukmani's father's position in the village?

Blacksmith

Poet

Collector

Headman
8 What is Rukmani's husband's occupation?

Tenant farmer

Spice trader

Money lender

Landowner
9 How old is Rukmani when she marries?

Twenty

Thirty

Twelve

Eight
10 How does Rukmani travel to her husband's village?

Plane

Bullock cart

Bus

Train
11 What is dhal?

Bread

Ice

Rice

Lentils
12 What material is Rukmani's home made of?

Stone

Mud

Pine

Drywall
13 What is the roof of Rukmani's home made of?

Pine boughs

Terracotta

There is no roof

Thatched palm fronds
14 What is the main crop Rukmani and Nathan grow?

Beans

Coffee

Chilllies

Rice
15 How does Rukmani wash her clothing?

She takes her clothing to a woman in town

By hand in a brook

In a rusty washer out back

She never washes her clothes
16 Which of these people isn't one of the women Rukmani meets when she first moves to her husband's village?

Kali

Betti

Janaki

Kunthi
17 What is notable about Kunthi when Rukmani first meets her?

She is constantly crying

She is pregnant

She has white hair

She is missing a finger
18 What is a Zemindar?

Landowner

Novelist

Politician

Farmer
19 Who is Sivaji?

Rukmani's son

Rukmani's crush

Kunthi's husband

Rent collector for the landowner
20 What does Rukmani learn from the village women when she first meets them?

Nathan ordered their hut from a catalogue

Nathan killed the family who used to live on their land

Nathan built their hut by hand without help

None of these
21 What does Old Granny make money from selling?

Rice

She has no money, surviving on scraps

Chillies and ghee

Peanuts and gauva
22 What does Rukmani perceive about Kunthi when they are first getting to know each other?

Kunthi is strangely happy to teach Rukmani how to farm

Kunthi is in love with Nathan

Kunthi is in love with Kenny

Kunthi puts up a barrier around Rukmani
23 Which is among the first vegetables Rukmani plants herself?

Cucumber

Broccoli

Okra

Pumpkin
24 Who does Rukmani help to give birth?

Kali

Old Granny

No one

Kunthi
25 What differentiates Rukmani from most peasant women?

She has a maths degree

She can drive a car

She can read and write

She has a credit card

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