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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Part II, Chapter 20, when Raka comes home, what does Nanda tell her she is nothing like?
(a) The moon.
(b) Nanda.
(c) A mountain.
(d) Her mother.

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

3. What sound at the end of Part II, Chapter 11 sends Raka running home rather than to the ravine where she was headed?
(a) Ram Lal call.
(b) An owl hoot.
(c) Nanda call.
(d) A jackal cry.

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

5. After seeing a headless man with a shawl dripping with blood, Raka runs off doing what?
(a) Doing Cartwheels.
(b) Soaring.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Crying.

6. After their walk to Monkey Point, Nanda stopped offering to walk with her and instead would do what during tea?
(a) Watch T.V.
(b) Tell stories.
(c) Listen to music.
(d) Read.

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

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

9. Who does Nanda tell Raka left her family behind after camping by a river in Kashmir?
(a) Nanda’s grandfather.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Nanda.
(d) Her father.

10. At the start of Part II, Chapter 7, after finishing their tea, Nanda says she will join Raka to do what?
(a) Walk.
(b) Read.
(c) Watch a movie.
(d) Play badminton.

11. Who told Raka about the event she sneaks out to see in Part II, Chapter 10?
(a) Nanda.
(b) Tara.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) Asha.

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

13. What does Raka run to see at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 18?
(a) The burnt house.
(b) A langur.
(c) The babas.
(d) A forest fire.

14. Where do Ram Lal and Raka talk to one another in the evening?
(a) By the Hamam.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the drawing room.
(d) In the guest room.

15. At the end of Part II, Chapter 21, what does Nanda decide she will not leave to Raka after she dies?
(a) Her books.
(b) Her house.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her Buddha.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part II, Chapter 20, Raka, bored of Nanda’s conversation, hopes that who will come rescue her?

2. What does Nanda tell Raka was needed in order to travel to Tibet back when her father went there when she was young?

3. Who refers to Raka as “the crazy one from Carignano” (91), at the end of Part II, Chapter 18?

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

5. What does Nanda say there is never enough of that time of year to put out the fires?

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