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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the club Raka ends up at instead of Carignano garden at the end of Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Club Bazaar.
(b) Chandigarh.
(c) Sanawar.
(d) Kasauli.

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

3. Who calls Nanda at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Ila Das.
(b) Tara.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) Asha.

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

5. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?
(a) The taxi driver.
(b) Isla Das.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) Nanda.

6. What game did people from campus come to the Vice Chancellors to play?
(a) Parcheesi.
(b) Uno.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Badminton.

7. In Chapter 4, Nanda writes Asha to tell her what about Raka?
(a) That Raka disappears for hours.
(b) That she arrived safely.
(c) That Raka is annoying.
(d) That Raka is ill.

8. What lake does Raka look at in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Dal.
(b) Eerie.
(c) Kasauli.
(d) Chandigarh.

9. What does Ram Lal say he and Nanda are at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Old.
(b) Hilarious.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Sad.

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

11. Nanda compares Raka’s round eyes to what?
(a) An insect.
(b) Two moons.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Goggles.

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

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

14. What does the name Raka mean?
(a) Flower.
(b) Insect.
(c) Moon.
(d) Fire.

15. Which former residents of Carignano planted carnations and a yellow rose creeper, which was still there when Nanda moved in?
(a) The Shrewsburys.
(b) The Applebys.
(c) Miss Mavis and the pastor.
(d) The Hughes sisters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Raka tells Ram Lal of the snake she saw and he tells her it is a daman, which means what?

3. What is the title of the section of the book Nanda is reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?

4. How many letters does the postman give to Nanda in Chapter 3?

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

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