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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 - Part III: Chapters 1 -13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though Nanda prefers solitude, she cannot help but try to encourage Raka to go where to be among people?
(a) The Pasteur Institute.
(b) School or the club.
(c) Kashmir.
(d) Punjab.

2. What does Ila Das call Nanda’s home when she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s?
(a) A dump.
(b) A fortress.
(c) A shack.
(d) Her home away from home.

3. Who is Ila Das having lunch with when she calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21?
(a) Raka.
(b) Ram Lal.
(c) Miss Wright.
(d) Asha.

4. Who does Raka fall asleep near at the end of Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) The Buddha statue.
(c) Isla Das.
(d) Nanda.

5. In Part II, Chapter 20, when the moon rises and the jackals howls, Raka is disappointed that the light is not from what?
(a) A full moon.
(b) The Bazaar.
(c) The Kasauli Club.
(d) A forest fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ila Das become “at Nanda Kaul’s suggestion and Mr. Kauls’ invitation” (123)?

2. What happened to the woman whose cottage burned down, according to the story Ram Lal tells in Part II, Chapter 6?

3. Who would often sympathetically give Ila Das a little extra garlic or chilies, not knowing she did not eat them?

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

5. Ila tells of a child marriage she was hoping to end, how old was the girl?

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