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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. Nanda describes the Buddha as looking as though what “was less than dust to him” (85)?
(a) Carignano.
(b) Raka.
(c) Nanda.
(d) The Holocaust around him.

2. After declining to meet Ila Das for lunch, where does Nanda offer to meet her for tea the next day?
(a) Sanawar.
(b) Ila’s house.
(c) Nanda’s house.
(d) Kasauli.

3. At the start of Part II, Chapter 7, after finishing their tea, Nanda says she will join Raka to do what?
(a) Watch a movie.
(b) Read.
(c) Walk.
(d) Play badminton.

4. After seeing a headless man with a shawl dripping with blood, Raka runs off doing what?
(a) Crying.
(b) Soaring.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Doing Cartwheels.

5. Where does Nanda suggest they go for their walk in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Kasauli club.
(b) The post office.
(c) Monkey Point.
(d) The bazaar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Nanda and Raka watch together during tea at the start of Part II, Chapter 15?

2. After their walk to Monkey Point, Nanda stopped offering to walk with her and instead would do what during tea?

3. Nanda decides against writing a will because she does not want to have to invite who over?

4. Where does the letter Nanda receives from Asha in Part II, Chapter 14 say Tara is?

5. What does Nanda tell Raka is “everywhere” (57) in Part II, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Even though Nanda prefers solitude, what does she continue to suggest to Raka as described in Part II, Chapter 9?

2. 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?

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

4. When they reach Monkey Point, Nanda tells Raka to go up alone. How has Nanda’s mood changed once Raka returned from scaling Monkey Point?

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

6. What does Nanda observe about Raka and Ram Lal’s relationship at the start of Part II, Chapter 13?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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