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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Raka react to the information about her mother at the end of Part II, Chapter 17?
(a) With indifference.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Scared.

3. 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) Read.
(c) Play badminton.
(d) Walk.

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

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

6. What does Ram Lal tell Raka churails live off of?
(a) Flesh of the dead.
(b) Serum.
(c) Insects.
(d) Little girls.

7. Nanda is jealous of Raka’s relationship with whom at the start of Part II, Chapter 13?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) Isla Das.
(c) Asha.
(d) Tara.

8. What does Raka see at the top of the hill near the small charred cottage?
(a) Stones for a house.
(b) A jackal.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) A new house.

9. After declining to meet Ila Das for lunch, where does Nanda offer to meet her for tea the next day?
(a) Nanda’s house.
(b) Ila’s house.
(c) Sanawar.
(d) Kasauli.

10. 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.

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

12. Nanda decides against writing a will because she does not want to have to invite who over?
(a) Tara.
(b) Asha.
(c) Raka.
(d) A lawyer.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What lake near her childhood home does Nanda tell Raka about at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 19?

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

3. Nanda recites a poem to Raka by which poet in Part II, Chapter 7?

4. At the end of Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda considers leaving what to Raka?

5. In Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda thinks of how independent Raka is, and how she does what, unlike all other children she has known?

(see the answer keys)

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