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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 her father had at their home in Part II, Chapter 19?
(a) A private zoo.
(b) A private jet.
(c) A movie theater.
(d) A soccer field.

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

3. In Part II, Chapter 8, Raka recalls parties her father had taken to her as what for both her and her mother?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Fancy.
(c) Wild.
(d) Painful.

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

5. Who is Ila Das having lunch with when she calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21?
(a) Miss Wright.
(b) Asha.
(c) Raka.
(d) Ram Lal.

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

7. What does Nanda ask Raka if she would like to take to Monkey point in Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) A pony ride.
(b) A train.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A boat.

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

9. What does Nanda say there is never enough of that time of year to put out the fires?
(a) Time.
(b) Firemen.
(c) Water.
(d) Residents.

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

11. In Part II, Chapter 13, Ram Lal tells Raka that he has seen her going to the ravine in the moonlight, which he says is unsafe because she can be seen by what?
(a) The churails.
(b) The police.
(c) Nanda.
(d) Club members.

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

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

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

15. 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) Her mother.
(d) A mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Raka see outside in the morning after the storm at the start of Part II, Chapter 17?

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

3. Nanda describes the Buddha as looking as though what “was less than dust to him” (85)?

4. In Part II, Chapter 20, Nanda suggests that Raka stay with her to hear what birds?

5. Where does Ila Das call Nanda from in Part II, Chapter 21?

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