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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Part II Chapter 7, Nanda asks Raka if she would like to go where in Kasauli?
(a) Shopping.
(b) A party.
(c) School.
(d) The movies.

2. At the end of Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda considers leaving what to Raka?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her books.
(c) Her Buddha.
(d) Her home.

3. Nanda can see that Ram Lal intrigues Raka as well as makes her feel what?
(a) Interesting.
(b) Safe.
(c) Funny.
(d) Smart.

4. Nanda struggles to find a way to keep Raka’s interested in Part II, Chapter 20 and realizes that Raka’s indifference is what to Nanda?
(a) Endearing.
(b) Humorous.
(c) A challenge.
(d) A nuisance.

5. In Part II, Chapter 16, whose things does Nanda tell Raka her home was filled with?
(a) Nanda’s.
(b) Her parent’s, husbands, and his family’s.
(c) Asha’s.
(d) Raka’s.

6. What lake near her childhood home does Nanda tell Raka about at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 19?
(a) Kasauli.
(b) Dal Lake.
(c) Carignano.
(d) Lake India.

7. Who refers to Raka as “the crazy one from Carignano” (91), at the end of Part II, Chapter 18?
(a) Nanda.
(b) The taxi driver.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) The caretaker of the burnt house.

8. Nanda recites a poem to Raka by which poet in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

9. In Part II, Chapter 20, when the moon rises and the jackals howls, Raka is disappointed that the light is not from what?
(a) A full moon.
(b) A forest fire.
(c) The Bazaar.
(d) The Kasauli Club.

10. Who calls Nanda at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 21?
(a) Raka.
(b) Tara.
(c) Asha.
(d) Ila Das.

11. As the fire burns, Raka goes to the window at night to see if it is any closer to where?
(a) The Kasauli Club.
(b) The Pasteur Institute.
(c) Monkey Point.
(d) Carignano.

12. What does Raka see outside in the morning after the storm at the start of Part II, Chapter 17?
(a) Birds.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Lilies.
(d) Langurs.

13. Though Nanda prefers solitude, she cannot help but try to encourage Raka to go where to be among people?
(a) Kashmir.
(b) The Pasteur Institute.
(c) Punjab.
(d) School or the club.

14. Nanda describes the Buddha as looking as though what “was less than dust to him” (85)?
(a) Carignano.
(b) The Holocaust around him.
(c) Nanda.
(d) Raka.

15. Who does Raka fall asleep near at the end of Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) Isla Das.
(c) Nanda.
(d) The Buddha statue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ila Das having lunch with when she calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21?

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

3. What does Raka see at the top of the hill near the small charred cottage?

4. Where does the letter Nanda receives from Asha in Part II, Chapter 14 say Tara is?

5. At the end of Part II, Chapter 21, what does Nanda think she should remove from her house?

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