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

2. Which former residents of Carignano planted carnations and a yellow rose creeper, which was still there when Nanda moved in?
(a) The Hughes sisters.
(b) Miss Mavis and the pastor.
(c) The Shrewsburys.
(d) The Applebys.

3. Rather than opening the letter right away, Nanda watches what birds fight over an apricot?
(a) Hens.
(b) Robins.
(c) Bul-bul.
(d) Blue jays.

4. What is the name of the house Nanda lives in in Kasauli?
(a) Kashmir.
(b) Carignano.
(c) Ram’s Lal.
(d) Dal Lake.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part II, Chapter 6, Ram Lal and Raka take shelter inside from a dust storm leaving what still burning outside?

2. What creature does Raka observe at the start of Part II, Chapter 5?

3. What is Tara’s daughter’s name?

4. In Part II, Chapter 4, how often did Nand ask Raka where she had been when she would disappear for hours?

5. When Nanda bumps her leg in Part I, Chapter 10, what colors does she compare the bruise to?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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