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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) When a Woman Lives Alone.
(b) How to Decorate a Lonely Home.
(c) Pillow for One.
(d) The Opulence of Loneliness.

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

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

4. When Nanda bumps her leg in Part I, Chapter 10, what colors does she compare the bruise to?
(a) Old meat.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Eggplant.
(d) A fire.

5. In Chapter 4, Nanda writes Asha to tell her what about Raka?
(a) That Raka disappears for hours.
(b) That she arrived safely.
(c) That Raka is ill.
(d) That Raka is annoying.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Nanda’s house built?

2. In Part II, Chapter 1, Raka and Nanda do what, “because they felt they must” (40)?

3. What is Tara’s daughter’s name?

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

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

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