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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. When Nanda bumps her leg in Part I, Chapter 10, what colors does she compare the bruise to?
(a) Eggplant.
(b) Sunset.
(c) A fire.
(d) Old meat.

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

3. What was the room Nanda’s husband slept in before she had his bed moved there?
(a) A dressing room.
(b) A closet.
(c) A bathroom.
(d) The living room.

4. Who calls Nanda at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Ila Das.
(b) Tara.
(c) Asha.
(d) Ram Lal.

5. According to the description in Chapter 5, how did others view Nanda when she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s house?
(a) A peasant.
(b) A maid.
(c) A queen.
(d) Annoying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the section of the book Nanda is reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?

2. What game did people from campus come to the Vice Chancellors to play?

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

4. In Chapter 7, Nanda recalls her husband coming home after dropping off how many guests after a badminton game?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ram Lal tell Raka of the house that had burned in a forest fire in a the end of Part II, Chapter 6?

3. What is Nanda reading in Part I, Chapter 8 and what does it say?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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 the hoopoe nest outside her window?

10. Where does Raka find herself instead of at the Carignano garden when she is on one of her adventures in Part II, Chapter 5?

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