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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 - Part I: Chapters 1 - 7 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tara’s daughter’s name?
(a) Rieko.
(b) Raka.
(c) Raquel.
(d) Rita.

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

3. Who were the party throwing owners of Carignano who lived there just prior to Nanda moving in?
(a) Miss Weaver and Miss Polson.
(b) Raka and Asha.
(c) The Hughes Sisters.
(d) Miss Mavis and Miss Appleby.

4. In Chapter 4, the letter from Asha is about which of her daughters?
(a) Tara.
(b) Raka.
(c) Isla.
(d) Tina.

5. Rather than opening the letter right away, Nanda watches what birds fight over an apricot?
(a) Bul-bul.
(b) Blue jays.
(c) Hens.
(d) Robins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which former residents of Carignano planted carnations and a yellow rose creeper, which was still there when Nanda moved in?

2. In Chapter 7, Nanda recalls her husband coming home after dropping off how many guests after a badminton game?

3. Where does Asha’s daughter live with her husband and daughter?

4. Which former resident of Carignano “poked a fork into her cook’s neck when he was choking on a mutton bone in the belief it would make an aperture for him to breathe through” (9)?

5. What is the title of Part I?

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