Nectar in a Sieve Quizzes

Nectar in a Sieve Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Nectar In A Sieve?
An unnamed author

Rukmani Markandaya

Kamala Markandaya

Rupi Kaur
2 Who narrates Nectar In A Sieve?
Markandaya

Rukmani

Nathan

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

Rukmani

Nathan

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

Three

Two

One
5 What form does Nectar In A Sieve take?
Biography

Novel

Memoir

Short story collection
6 How many sisters does Rukmani have?
Two

Three

Four

None
7 What is Rukmani's father's position in the village?
Collector

Headman

Blacksmith

Poet
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

Eight

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

Bullock cart

Plane

Train
11 What is dhal?
Lentils

Rice

Ice

Bread
12 What material is Rukmani's home made of?
Drywall

Mud

Pine

Stone
13 What is the roof of Rukmani's home made of?
Thatched palm fronds

There is no roof

Terracotta

Pine boughs
14 What is the main crop Rukmani and Nathan grow?
Coffee

Chilllies

Beans

Rice
15 How does Rukmani wash her clothing?
She never washes her clothes

She takes her clothing to a woman in town

By hand in a brook

In a rusty washer out back
16 Which of these people isn't one of the women Rukmani meets when she first moves to her husband's village?
Janaki

Betti

Kunthi

Kali
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?
Farmer

Novelist

Politician

Landowner
19 Who is Sivaji?
Kunthi's husband

Rent collector for the landowner

Rukmani's crush

Rukmani's son
20 What does Rukmani learn from the village women when she first meets them?
Nathan killed the family who used to live on their land

Nathan built their hut by hand without help

Nathan ordered their hut from a catalogue

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

She has no money, surviving on scraps

Rice

Chillies and ghee
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 puts up a barrier around Rukmani

Kunthi is in love with Kenny

Kunthi is in love with Nathan
23 Which is among the first vegetables Rukmani plants herself?
Broccoli

Cucumber

Pumpkin

Okra
24 Who does Rukmani help to give birth?
Kali

Kunthi

Old Granny

No one
25 What differentiates Rukmani from most peasant women?
She has a credit card

She can read and write

She has a maths degree

She can drive a car