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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. As the fire burns, Raka goes to the window at night to see if it is any closer to where?
(a) The Kasauli Club.
(b) Monkey Point.
(c) The Pasteur Institute.
(d) Carignano.

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

5. Rama Lal tells Raka that a woman turned into what after looking at a churails feet?
(a) Stone.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Dust.
(d) Glass.

6. Where does Raka think is the best place she has ever lived?
(a) Kashmir.
(b) Carignano.
(c) Geneva.
(d) New York.

7. Who does Nanda tell Raka bought the bronze Buddha in her drawing room?
(a) Nanda’s grandfather.
(b) Nanda’s father.
(c) Nanda’s brother.
(d) Nanda’s uncle.

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

9. 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) Geneva.
(c) Carignano.
(d) Kashmir.

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

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

12. What does Raka do while Nanda sits on a bench at the foot of Monkey Point?
(a) She runs away from Nanda.
(b) She tells Nanda of her home life.
(c) She climbs Monkey Point.
(d) She sits with Nanda.

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

14. 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 boat.
(d) A bicycle.

15. What does Raka run to see at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 18?
(a) The babas.
(b) A langur.
(c) A forest fire.
(d) The burnt house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. The beginning of Part II, Chapter 12, states that Raka’s “eyes darkened, as if with” what?

4. At the end of Part II, Chapter 20, Raka, bored of Nanda’s conversation, hopes that who will come rescue her?

5. Where does Nanda tell Raka her bronze Buddha was purchased?

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