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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 is the title of Part I?
(a) Nanda Kaul and Ram Lal.
(b) Nanda Kaul at Carignano.
(c) Nanda and the Vice Chancellor.
(d) Nanda gets a visit.

2. What does Ram Lal tell Raka they make in the factories?
(a) Buddha Statues.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Serum for injections.
(d) Candy.

3. What book is Nanda reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) On Living Alone.
(b) Sei Shonagon’s Pillow.
(c) All about Pillows.
(d) The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon.

4. When was Nanda’s house built?
(a) 1804.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1776.

5. Who were the party throwing owners of Carignano who lived there just prior to Nanda moving in?
(a) Miss Mavis and Miss Appleby.
(b) Raka and Asha.
(c) Miss Weaver and Miss Polson.
(d) The Hughes Sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Nanda been practicing for an hour each day since she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s?

2. In Chapter 5, Nanda thinks of her life at the Vice Chancellor’s house in what state?

3. What is the name of the house Nanda lives in in Kasauli?

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

5. Nanda compares Raka’s round eyes to what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Nanda feel about the hoopoe nest outside her window?

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

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

8. What has Nanda been doing for one hour each day, even when she lived at the Vice Chancellor’s?

9. What about Ram Lal and the postman’s walk up the hill irritates Nanda?

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

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