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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 - Part I: Chapters 8-10 and Part II: Chapters 1 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the section of the book Nanda is reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) How to Decorate a Lonely Home.
(b) When a Woman Lives Alone.
(c) Pillow for One.
(d) The Opulence of Loneliness.

2. At the end of Part II, Chapter 6, Ram Lal and Raka take shelter inside from a dust storm leaving what still burning outside?
(a) The Hamam.
(b) Dinner.
(c) The garden.
(d) Kasauli.

3. What lake does Raka look at in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Kasauli.
(b) Eerie.
(c) Dal.
(d) Chandigarh.

4. What is Nanda’s cook’s name?
(a) Asha.
(b) Raka.
(c) Tara.
(d) Ram Lal.

5. Which former residents of Carignano planted carnations and a yellow rose creeper, which was still there when Nanda moved in?
(a) The Hughes sisters.
(b) The Shrewsburys.
(c) The Applebys.
(d) Miss Mavis and the pastor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ram Lal tell Raka the factories she sees are called?

2. What is the title of Part I?

3. What does Ram Lal suggest he cook for Raka in Chapter 9?

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

5. Who is the author of Fire on the Mountain?

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