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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 Raka touch of Nanda’s in the drawing room, where they keep sheltered from the storm?
(a) The chair.
(b) Her books.
(c) The table.
(d) A bronze Buddha.

2. At the end of Part II, Chapter 21, what does Nanda think she should remove from her house?
(a) The Buddha.
(b) Raka.
(c) The telephone.
(d) Ram Lal.

3. Who is Ila Das having lunch with when she calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21?
(a) Raka.
(b) Asha.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) Miss Wright.

4. At the end of Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda considers leaving what to Raka?
(a) Her Buddha.
(b) Her books.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her home.

5. What does Ram Lal place on the breakfast table in Part II, Chapter 17?
(a) Maple syrup.
(b) Coffee.
(c) A milk jug of lilies.
(d) Pancakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part II, Chapter 13, Ram Lal tells Raka that he has seen her going to the ravine in the moonlight, which he says is unsafe because she can be seen by what?

2. Though Nanda prefers solitude, she cannot help but try to encourage Raka to go where to be among people?

3. What does the freakish ball at the club make Raka think of at the end of Part II, Chapter 11?

4. Nanda can see that Ram Lal intrigues Raka as well as makes her feel what?

5. At the start of Part II, Chapter 7, after finishing their tea, Nanda says she will join Raka to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How does Nanda respond when, after suggesting to Raka that she go to the club, Raka tells her grandmother that she does not go to the club?

4. What does Nanda say happened the morning after she and her family camped out by a river in Part II, Chapter 15?

5. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about churails in Part II, Chapter 13?

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

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

8. 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?

9. What does Nanda ask Raka if she would like to take to Monkey Point, and how does Raka respond?

10. What fantastical stories does Nanda tell her about the things her father kept at their home in Kashmir?

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