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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) Nanda.
(b) The moon.
(c) A mountain.
(d) Her mother.

2. At the end of Part II, Chapter 21, what does Nanda think she should remove from her house?
(a) The Buddha.
(b) Ram Lal.
(c) The telephone.
(d) Raka.

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

4. How do Nanda and Raka feel watching the storm in Part II, Chapter 15?
(a) Restless.
(b) Happy.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Frightened.

5. What does Raka imagine she is when she is atop Monkey Point in Part II, Chapter 8?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) Shipwrecked.
(c) Nanda.
(d) Flying.

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

7. How does Nanda feel when Raka finally returns after scaling Monkey Point?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Hungry.
(c) Thankful.
(d) Happy.

8. Where does the letter Nanda receives from Asha in Part II, Chapter 14 say Tara is?
(a) A nursing home in Kashmir.
(b) A nursing home in Geneva.
(c) A hospital in Greece.
(d) An apartment in Punjab.

9. At the end of Part II, Chapter 13, Raka and Ram Lal try to shoo away a band of what, which had descended on the apricot trees and hydrangeas?
(a) Hens.
(b) Langurs.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Owls.

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

11. 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) A challenge.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) Humorous.

12. The letter Nanda receives from Asha tells news of whom?
(a) Ila Das.
(b) Raka’s father.
(c) Tara.
(d) The Vice Chancellor.

13. What arrives at Carignano at the start of Part II, Chapter 14?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A letter.
(c) An officer.
(d) Asha.

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

15. What does Raka sneak out to see at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 10?
(a) Monkey Point.
(b) The burnt cottage.
(c) A big party at the club.
(d) The jackals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Raka feel when Nanda offers to join her in Part II, Chapter 7?

2. In Part II, Chapter 15, Nanda tells Raka of her time where, which she says was like a paradise to her?

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

4. Nanda is jealous of Raka’s relationship with whom at the start of Part II, Chapter 13?

5. After seeing a headless man with a shawl dripping with blood, Raka runs off doing what?

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