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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the book Nanda is reading say a woman’s house should look when she lives alone?
(a) Neat and tidy.
(b) Regal.
(c) Extremely dilapidated.
(d) Elegant.

2. What is the main character of Fire on the Mountain’s name?
(a) Raka.
(b) Asha.
(c) Nanda Kaul.
(d) Ram Lal.

3. What does the name Raka mean?
(a) Insect.
(b) Flower.
(c) Moon.
(d) Fire.

4. In Chapter 7, Nanda recalls her husband coming home after dropping off how many guests after a badminton game?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

5. Which of her children is Nanda’s letter from?
(a) Raka.
(b) Esme.
(c) Asha.
(d) Tara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?

2. Who had the house built for his wife in 1843?

3. When Raka looks for Ram Lal at the end of Chapter 2, what does she find him doing?

4. Nanda compares Raka’s round eyes to what?

5. Who does Ila Das tell Nanda she wants to meet in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Raka find herself instead of at the Carignano garden when she is on one of her adventures in Part II, Chapter 5?

2. How do Raka and Nanda behave toward one another when Raka first arrives as described in Part II, Chapter 4?

3. What is Nanda reading in Part I, Chapter 8 and what does it say?

4. What has Nanda been doing for one hour each day, even when she lived at the Vice Chancellor’s?

5. How is Nanda’s life at the Vice Chancellor’s house described in Part I, Chapter 5?

6. What does Ram Lal tell Raka of the house that had burned in a forest fire in a the end of Part II, Chapter 6?

7. Describe Nanda’s feelings toward Ila Das based on their phone call in Part I, Chapter 6?

8. Why does Nanda send Ram Lal to the taxi stand to meet Raka when she first arrives rather than going herself?

9. What about Ram Lal and the postman’s walk up the hill irritates Nanda?

10. Why did Nanda move to Carignano?

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