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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. At the beginning of Part II, Chapter 20, when Raka comes home, what does Nanda tell her she is nothing like?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A mountain.
(c) Nanda.
(d) The moon.

2. Where does the letter Nanda receives from Asha in Part II, Chapter 14 say Tara is?
(a) A hospital in Greece.
(b) A nursing home in Kashmir.
(c) A nursing home in Geneva.
(d) An apartment in Punjab.

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

4. Who refers to Raka as “the crazy one from Carignano” (91), at the end of Part II, Chapter 18?
(a) The taxi driver.
(b) The caretaker of the burnt house.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) Nanda.

5. 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?
(a) A nuisance.
(b) Endearing.
(c) Humorous.
(d) A challenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nanda tell Raka her father had at their home in Part II, Chapter 19?

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

3. Who notices a change in Raka at the start of Part II, Chapter 12, after Raka witnesses the costume party?

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

5. In Part II, Chapter 20, Nanda suggests that Raka stay with her to hear what birds?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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