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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. The scene Raka sees in Part II, Chapter 10 is more of what, than the fancy ball she expected?
(a) A rock concert.
(b) A lecture.
(c) A movie.
(d) A costume party.

2. Where do Ram Lal and Raka talk to one another in the evening?
(a) By the Hamam.
(b) In the guest room.
(c) In the drawing room.
(d) In the kitchen.

3. At the end of Part II, Chapter 20, Raka, bored of Nanda’s conversation, hopes that who will come rescue her?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) Her father.
(c) Tara.
(d) Asha.

4. What does Raka sneak out to see at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 10?
(a) The jackals.
(b) The burnt cottage.
(c) Monkey Point.
(d) A big party at the club.

5. In Part II, Chapter 16, whose things does Nanda tell Raka her home was filled with?
(a) Nanda’s.
(b) Raka’s.
(c) Asha’s.
(d) Her parent’s, husbands, and his family’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nanda tell Raka the letter said about her mother?

2. Who does Nanda tell Raka left her family behind after camping by a river in Kashmir?

3. What does Ram Lal place on the breakfast table in Part II, Chapter 17?

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

5. At the end of Part II, Chapter 13, Raka and Ram Lal try to shoo away a band of what, which had descended on the apricot trees and hydrangeas?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who does Nanda tell Raka are destroying her quiet little place?

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

5. Why is Raka dismayed when Nanda says she will join her on her walk after tea in Part II, Chapter 7?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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