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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nanda tell Raka was needed in order to travel to Tibet back when her father went there when she was young?
(a) A travel visa.
(b) A passport.
(c) Government arrangements and military aid.
(d) Tons of money.

2. Where does Ila Das call Nanda from in Part II, Chapter 21?
(a) Sanawar.
(b) The bazaar.
(c) Her house.
(d) Her driveway.

3. What does Nanda tell Raka the letter said about her mother?
(a) That she died.
(b) That she was coming to visit.
(c) That she was better.
(d) That she was ill.

4. What does Raka touch of Nanda’s in the drawing room, where they keep sheltered from the storm?
(a) A bronze Buddha.
(b) The table.
(c) The chair.
(d) Her books.

5. 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) Humorous.
(b) A challenge.
(c) Endearing.
(d) A nuisance.

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

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

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) An apartment in Punjab.
(d) A hospital in Greece.

9. The scene Raka sees in Part II, Chapter 10 is more of what, than the fancy ball she expected?
(a) A lecture.
(b) A movie.
(c) A costume party.
(d) A rock concert.

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

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

12. In addition to leopard cats, peacocks, lorises, and a cub, what animal does Nanda tell Raka they had at her childhood home?
(a) Pangolin.
(b) Lions.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Giraffes.

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

14. In Part II, Chapter 15, Nanda tells Raka of her time where, which she says was like a paradise to her?
(a) Carignano.
(b) Geneva.
(c) The Vice Chancellor’s.
(d) Kashmir.

15. Nanda tells Raka that when her mother came to visit Carignano she sang that rainy days were what?
(a) Somber days.
(b) Lily days.
(c) Happy days.
(d) Cricket days.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Part II Chapter 7, Nanda asks Raka if she would like to go where in Kasauli?

3. Who does Nanda tell Raka left her family behind after camping by a river in Kashmir?

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

5. Raka begged Ram Lal not to do what to the mother langur in Part II, Chapter 13?

(see the answer keys)

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