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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 imagine she is when she is atop Monkey Point in Part II, Chapter 8?
(a) Shipwrecked.
(b) Nanda.
(c) Flying.
(d) Ram Lal.

2. In Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda thinks of how independent Raka is, and how she does what, unlike all other children she has known?
(a) Buys her own clothes.
(b) Cooks for herself.
(c) Puts herself to bed.
(d) Pays her own bills.

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

4. Nanda decides against writing a will because she does not want to have to invite who over?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) Raka.
(c) Tara.
(d) Asha.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Nanda and Raka feel watching the storm in Part II, Chapter 15?

3. What do Nanda and Raka laugh together at when they are walking Chapter 7?

4. Where do Ram Lal and Raka talk to one another in the evening?

5. What does Raka do while Nanda sits on a bench at the foot of Monkey Point?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. What do Raka and Nanda laugh at together on their walk to Monkey Point?

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

9. 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?

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

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