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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of Part II, Chapter 2, Raka searches for what creature under the stones?
(a) Salamander.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Hen.
(d) Praying Mantis.

3. Who does Ila Das tell Nanda she wants to meet in Chapter 6?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) Raka.
(c) Asha.
(d) The Vice Chancellor.

4. Who had the house built for his wife in 1843?
(a) Colonel Macdougal.
(b) The Postman.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) A priest.

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

6. When was Nanda’s house built?
(a) 1804.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1943.

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

8. What was the room Nanda’s husband slept in before she had his bed moved there?
(a) A dressing room.
(b) A bathroom.
(c) The living room.
(d) A closet.

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

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

11. What had Raka’s parents told her of the beauty of, which she sees out her window at Carignano?
(a) Carignano.
(b) The Himalayas.
(c) The Pasteur Institute.
(d) Nanda’s Garden.

12. Chapter 9 describes how Nanda moved to Carignano after what event in her life?
(a) Her daughter’s illness.
(b) Her husband’s resignation.
(c) Her retirement.
(d) Her husband’s death.

13. What does Ram Lal tell Raka they make in the factories?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Serum for injections.
(c) Buddha Statues.
(d) Candy.

14. What is Ram Lal preparing for Raka at the start of Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) Her pajamas.
(b) Tea.
(c) Her bath.
(d) Dinner.

15. Ram Lal tells Raka in Part II, Chapter 3 to avoid the factory at night because of what creatures, which come out at night?
(a) Owls.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Jackals.
(d) Monsters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Nanda at the start of Chapter 6?

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

3. In Chapter 4, Nanda writes Asha to tell her what about Raka?

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

5. Though Raka ignores Nanda with ease, Nanda realizes that her “rejection of the child” was what?

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