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

2. What does Nanda consider putting in the guest room, but ultimately decides against?
(a) Books.
(b) Silk sheets.
(c) A refrigerator.
(d) Flowers.

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

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

5. When Raka looks for Ram Lal at the end of Chapter 2, what does she find him doing?
(a) Cooking Potatoes.
(b) Napping.
(c) Heating her bath.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of her children is Nanda’s letter from?

2. When was Nanda’s house built?

3. At the end of Part II, Chapter 6, Ram Lal and Raka take shelter inside from a dust storm leaving what still burning outside?

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

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

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