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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 - Part II: Chapter 13 - 21 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Nanda been practicing for an hour each day since she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s?
(a) Badminton.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Stillness.
(d) Tai Chi.

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

3. At the end of Part II, Chapter 21, what does Nanda decide she will not leave to Raka after she dies?
(a) Her Buddha.
(b) Her car.
(c) Her books.
(d) Her house.

4. At the end of Part II, Chapter 13, Raka and Ram Lal try to shoo away a band of what, which had descended on the apricot trees and hydrangeas?
(a) Langurs.
(b) Hens.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Owls.

5. The beginning of Part II, Chapter 12, states that Raka’s “eyes darkened, as if with” what?
(a) Evil.
(b) A secret.
(c) Weariness.
(d) Makeup.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Nanda compares her great-grandaughter’s visit as putting what around her neck?

2. In Part II, Chapter 13, Ram Lal tells Raka that he has seen her going to the ravine in the moonlight, which he says is unsafe because she can be seen by what?

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

4. At the start of Part II, Chapter 7, after finishing their tea, Nanda says she will join Raka to do what?

5. In addition to leopard cats, peacocks, lorises, and a cub, what animal does Nanda tell Raka they had at her childhood home?

(see the answer key)

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