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

2. How does the book Nanda is reading say a woman’s house should look when she lives alone?
(a) Elegant.
(b) Neat and tidy.
(c) Regal.
(d) Extremely dilapidated.

3. In Chapter 5, Nanda compares her great-grandaughter’s visit as putting what around her neck?
(a) A noose.
(b) Silk.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A necklace.

4. What game did people from campus come to the Vice Chancellors to play?
(a) Uno.
(b) Badminton.
(c) Parcheesi.
(d) Baseball.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Nanda at the start of Chapter 6?

2. What does the name Raka mean?

3. What is the title of Part I?

4. What is the name of the pastor’s wife who had made several unsuccessful attempts to kill him in Carignano?

5. What is the main character of Fire on the Mountain’s name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about the Pasteur Institute and why she should not go there at night?

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

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

10. 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?

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