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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is the author of Fire on the Mountain?
(a) Anita Desai.
(b) Anne Desai.
(c) Desa Anita.
(d) Anita Dennis.

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

6. Which of her children is Nanda’s letter from?
(a) Esme.
(b) Asha.
(c) Tara.
(d) Raka.

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

8. What is the name of the house Nanda lives in in Kasauli?
(a) Kashmir.
(b) Ram’s Lal.
(c) Carignano.
(d) Dal Lake.

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

10. How many letters does the postman give to Nanda in Chapter 3?
(a) 1.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

11. 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) Jackals.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Monsters.

12. What creature does Raka observe at the start of Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Owl.
(b) Jackal.
(c) Snake.
(d) Hen.

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

14. What is the title of Part II?
(a) Nanda meets Raka.
(b) Raka comes to Carignano.
(c) Raka runs away.
(d) Raka disturbs Carignano.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the main character hope does not come to her house in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 4, the letter from Asha is about which of her daughters?

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

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

5. Chapter 9 describes how Nanda moved to Carignano after what event in her life?

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