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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 do while Nanda sits on a bench at the foot of Monkey Point?
(a) She sits with Nanda.
(b) She tells Nanda of her home life.
(c) She climbs Monkey Point.
(d) She runs away from Nanda.

2. What does Raka see at the top of the hill near the small charred cottage?
(a) A jackal.
(b) A new house.
(c) Stones for a house.
(d) Ram Lal.

3. What does Raka run to see at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 18?
(a) A forest fire.
(b) The babas.
(c) A langur.
(d) The burnt house.

4. In Part II, Chapter 20, when the moon rises and the jackals howls, Raka is disappointed that the light is not from what?
(a) A forest fire.
(b) The Kasauli Club.
(c) A full moon.
(d) The Bazaar.

5. What lake near her childhood home does Nanda tell Raka about at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 19?
(a) Carignano.
(b) Kasauli.
(c) Lake India.
(d) Dal Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part II, Chapter 20, Raka, bored of Nanda’s conversation, hopes that who will come rescue her?

2. What does Raka sneak out to see at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 10?

3. Nanda struggles to find a way to keep Raka’s interested in Part II, Chapter 20 and realizes that Raka’s indifference is what to Nanda?

4. In Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda thinks of how independent Raka is, and how she does what, unlike all other children she has known?

5. The beginning of Part II, Chapter 12, states that Raka’s “eyes darkened, as if with” what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part II, Chapter 20 when Raka is outside with Nanda and sees the moon rise, she is disappointed that the light from the moon is not what?

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

6. How does Raka feel about Carignano as described in Part II, Chapter 18?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. At the start of Part II, Chapter 14 a letter arrives at Carignano. Who is it from and what does it say?

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