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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 does Ram Lal suggest he cook for Raka in Chapter 9?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Cheeseburgers.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Potato chips and ketchup.

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

3. What does Ram Lal say he and Nanda are at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Old.
(c) Hilarious.
(d) Sad.

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

5. At the end of Part II, Chapter 2, Raka searches for what creature under the stones?
(a) Cricket.
(b) Praying Mantis.
(c) Salamander.
(d) Hen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which former residents of Carignano planted carnations and a yellow rose creeper, which was still there when Nanda moved in?

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

3. Chapter 9 describes how Nanda moved to Carignano after what event in her life?

4. What lake does Raka look at in Part II, Chapter 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Nanda move to Carignano?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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