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

2. In Chapter 4, Nanda writes Asha to tell her what about Raka?
(a) That she arrived safely.
(b) That Raka is annoying.
(c) That Raka is ill.
(d) That Raka disappears for hours.

3. Though Raka ignores Nanda with ease, Nanda realizes that her “rejection of the child” was what?
(a) Painful.
(b) Easy.
(c) Planned.
(d) Infuriating.

4. At the end of Part II, Chapter 1, Nanda still sees Raka as a what?
(a) Friend.
(b) Intruder.
(c) Roommate.
(d) Lifesaver.

5. In Chapter 7, Nanda recalls her husband coming home after dropping off how many guests after a badminton game?
(a) 12.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 5, Nanda compares her great-grandaughter’s visit as putting what around her neck?

3. Raka tells Ram Lal of the snake she saw and he tells her it is a daman, which means what?

4. Rather than opening the letter right away, Nanda watches what birds fight over an apricot?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Though Raka has heard of the beauty of the Himalayas she is surprised nobody ever told her of the factory she sees from her window. What is the factory called and what does Ram Lal tell Raka about it?

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

6. In Chapter 2, what does the year 1947 signify in regards to Carignano?

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

8. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about the snake she tells him she saw in Part II, Chapter 6?

9. How does Nanda feel about Carignano compared to the Vice Chancellor’s house?

10. The end of Part I, Chapter 7 tells of the Vice Chancellor dropping off a guest at her home. What does this description hint at to the reader?

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