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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?
(a) The taxi driver.
(b) Nanda.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) Isla Das.

2. What does Ram Lal tell Raka the factories she sees are called?
(a) Pasteur Institute.
(b) The Himalaya Institute.
(c) The Kasauli Laboratory.
(d) The Carignano Labs.

3. Where does Asha wish to send her daughter over the summer?
(a) Geneva.
(b) Carignano.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

4. What is Tara’s daughter’s name?
(a) Rita.
(b) Rieko.
(c) Raka.
(d) Raquel.

5. When Raka looks for Ram Lal at the end of Chapter 2, what does she find him doing?
(a) Reading.
(b) Napping.
(c) Heating her bath.
(d) Cooking Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the club Raka ends up at instead of Carignano garden at the end of Part II, Chapter 5?

2. How many letters does the postman give to Nanda in Chapter 3?

3. At the end of Part II, Chapter 1, Nanda still sees Raka as a what?

4. What is Nanda’s cook’s name?

5. Where does Asha’s daughter live with her husband and daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Raka and Nanda behave toward one another when Raka first arrives as described in Part II, Chapter 4?

2. Why does Nanda send Ram Lal to the taxi stand to meet Raka when she first arrives rather than going herself?

3. Who is the letter, which Nanda receives in Part I from and what is it asking?

4. Describe Nanda’s feelings toward Ila Das based on their phone call in Part I, Chapter 6?

5. When Nanda receives the letter, how does she think she will respond regardless of the request?

6. How is Nanda’s life at the Vice Chancellor’s house described in Part I, Chapter 5?

7. In Chapter 1, why does Nanda Kaul hope the postman does not stop at her house?

8. What does the name Raka mean, and how does Nanda feel about that at the start of Part II?

9. How does Nanda feel at the end of Part I about the possibility of Ila Das visiting Carignano?

10. How does Nanda feel about Asha’s request to have Raka stay with her in Carignano for the summer?

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