View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to the woman whose cottage burned down, according to the story Ram Lal tells in Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) She disappeared.
(b) She moved.
(c) She went crazy.
(d) She built a new house.

3. What is the name of the club Raka ends up at instead of Carignano garden at the end of Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Sanawar.
(b) Kasauli.
(c) Chandigarh.
(d) Club Bazaar.

4. What had Raka’s parents told her of the beauty of, which she sees out her window at Carignano?
(a) The Himalayas.
(b) Nanda’s Garden.
(c) Carignano.
(d) The Pasteur Institute.

5. What is Tara’s daughter recovering from, according to the letter in Chapter 4?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Measles.
(c) Flu.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who were the party throwing owners of Carignano who lived there just prior to Nanda moving in?

3. Ram Lal tells Raka in Part II, Chapter 3 to avoid the factory at night because of what creatures, which come out at night?

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

5. What does Ram Lal suggest he cook for Raka in Chapter 9?

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 did Nanda move to Carignano?

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

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

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

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

8. In Part I, Chapter 9, when Nanda is feeling uneasy about Raka’s visit, what does she discuss with Ram Lal?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 650 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample