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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 do Nanda and Raka watch together during tea at the start of Part II, Chapter 15?
(a) A storm.
(b) A movie.
(c) Ram Lal clean.
(d) Langurs.

2. Where does Raka think is the best place she has ever lived?
(a) Geneva.
(b) Kashmir.
(c) New York.
(d) Carignano.

3. At the beginning of Part II, Chapter 20, when Raka comes home, what does Nanda tell her she is nothing like?
(a) Nanda.
(b) The moon.
(c) Her mother.
(d) A mountain.

4. In Part II, Chapter 15, Nanda tells Raka of her time where, which she says was like a paradise to her?
(a) Kashmir.
(b) The Vice Chancellor’s.
(c) Carignano.
(d) Geneva.

5. Who does Raka fall asleep near at the end of Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) Isla Das.
(b) The Buddha statue.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) Nanda.

Short Answer Questions

1. After seeing a headless man with a shawl dripping with blood, Raka runs off doing what?

2. Who does Nanda tell Raka bought the bronze Buddha in her drawing room?

3. How does Raka react to the information about her mother at the end of Part II, Chapter 17?

4. What does Ram Lal tell Raka churails live off of?

5. At the end of Part II, Chapter 21, what does Nanda decide she will not leave to Raka after she dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part II, Chapter 15, what reason does Nanda give Raka for her wanting to move to Carignano to be alone?

2. How does Raka react when Nanda tells her that the letter she received from Asha said that her mother is ill?

3. What is Raka’s reaction to the wild costume party she sees at the club when she sneaks out in Part II, Chapter 10 and 11? What does it make her think of?

4. Describe Raka’s behavior after Nanda tells her what she thought was a full moon was really a forest fire in Part II, Chapter 12?

5. Where does Nanda tell Raka her Buddha statue came from?

6. What does Nanda ask Raka if she would like to do at the end of Part II, Chapter 7, which suggests she does not want Raka to leave, and how does Raka feel about the suggestion?

7. What does Nanda consider doing at the end of Part II, Chapter 14, but decide against because it would require meeting with someone?

8. What poet does Nanda recite to Raka during their walk to Monkey Point and why?

9. Who calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21 and what does this person want?

10. How does Raka recall the parties that her father had her go to as a child?

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