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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Nanda compares her great-grandaughter’s visit as putting what around her neck?
(a) Silk.
(b) A noose.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A necklace.

2. What does Ram Lal tell Raka the factories she sees are called?
(a) The Himalaya Institute.
(b) The Carignano Labs.
(c) The Kasauli Laboratory.
(d) Pasteur Institute.

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

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

5. At the end of Part II, Chapter 1, Nanda still sees Raka as a what?
(a) Roommate.
(b) Friend.
(c) Intruder.
(d) Lifesaver.

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

7. What is Tara’s daughter recovering from, according to the letter in Chapter 4?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Measles.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Flu.

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

9. How is Ila Das’ voice described in Chapter 6?
(a) Deep.
(b) Shrill.
(c) Soothing.
(d) Elegant.

10. In Part II, Chapter 1, Raka and Nanda do what, “because they felt they must” (40)?
(a) Smile.
(b) Have tea.
(c) Speak.
(d) Hug.

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

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

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

14. In Part II, Chapter 4, how often did Nand ask Raka where she had been when she would disappear for hours?
(a) Never.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Daily.
(d) Hourly.

15. Which former resident of Carignano “poked a fork into her cook’s neck when he was choking on a mutton bone in the belief it would make an aperture for him to breathe through” (9)?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Miss Appleby.
(c) Miss Shrewsbury.
(d) Mary Jo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character of Fire on the Mountain’s name?

2. At the end of Part II, Chapter 2, Raka searches for what creature under the stones?

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

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

5. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?

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