Kamala Markandaya
Where was Kamala Markandaya born?
India
What is the dominant religion in India?
Hinduism
Who is the protagonist?
Rukmani
Which big change has the village experienced in chapter 4?
The building of a tannery
showing strong feeling or passion
vehement
Where did Kamala Markanday live when she wrote Nectar in a Sieve?
Great Britain
What is offered to a soon-to-be groom and his family?
dowry
Who did Rukmani meet in the fields and invite to her house to meet her family?
Kenny
How old was Ira when she marries?
14
in a way that does not show previous thought or planning
indiscriminately
What did she study in England?
Journalism
India's social system, which began 3,000 years ago and is rooted in Hinduism
Caste
Who was the matchmaker in chapter 6?
Old Granny
How much dowry was offered to find a husband?
100 rupees
to lessen or weaken
abate
Which literary time period was Nectar in a Sieve published?
Post-modernism
What is the divorce rate in India?
Less than 1%
How does Rukmani describe Sivaji, the tenant manager who manages the land Nathan works on?
Kind and humane
What natural disaster happened in chapter 7?
monsoon
To live through someone else's experiences
vicariously
Where did Markandaya find inspiration for the title of her novel?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Work Without Hope
Which country has the highest number of homeless children?
India
What kind gesture did Irawaddy do for Kenny when he visited their house?
She offered him rice and rice water.
Which event on the Blackfeet reservation had similar effects as the monsoon?
The flood of 1964 (dam broke)
Not talkative; quiet and withdrawn
taciturn