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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part II, Chapter 20, when the moon rises and the jackals howls, Raka is disappointed that the light is not from what?
(a) The Bazaar.
(b) A full moon.
(c) The Kasauli Club.
(d) A forest fire.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Nanda tell Raka is “everywhere” (57) in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Sadness.
(b) The army.
(c) Insects.
(d) Peace.

8. Nanda tells Raka that the full moon she thinks she sees in Part II, Chapter 12 is really what?
(a) Searchlights.
(b) Street Lights.
(c) A forest fire.
(d) Lights from the Institute.

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

10. What do Nanda and Raka laugh together at when they are walking Chapter 7?
(a) Jackals.
(b) Langur monkeys.
(c) Bul-buls.
(d) Hens.

11. 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) The moon.
(c) Nanda.
(d) Her mother.

12. Who does Raka fall asleep near at the end of Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) The Buddha statue.
(b) Nanda.
(c) Isla Das.
(d) Ram Lal.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Nanda can see that Ram Lal intrigues Raka as well as makes her feel what?

4. Nanda tells Raka that when her mother came to visit Carignano she sang that rainy days were what?

5. In Part II, Chapter 8, Raka recalls parties her father had taken to her as what for both her and her mother?

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