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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 Nanda tell Raka is “everywhere” (57) in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Insects.
(b) The army.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Peace.

2. What does Raka see outside in the morning after the storm at the start of Part II, Chapter 17?
(a) Birds.
(b) Langurs.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Lilies.

3. In Part II, Chapter 13, Ram Lal tells Raka that he has seen her going to the ravine in the moonlight, which he says is unsafe because she can be seen by what?
(a) Club members.
(b) Nanda.
(c) The churails.
(d) The police.

4. What does Nanda tell Raka the letter said about her mother?
(a) That she was ill.
(b) That she died.
(c) That she was coming to visit.
(d) That she was better.

5. How does Raka react to the information about her mother at the end of Part II, Chapter 17?
(a) With indifference.
(b) Scared.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Raka begged Ram Lal not to do what to the mother langur in Part II, Chapter 13?

2. How does Raka feel when Nanda offers to join her in Part II, Chapter 7?

3. Who refers to Raka as “the crazy one from Carignano” (91), at the end of Part II, Chapter 18?

4. What does Raka imagine she is when she is atop Monkey Point in Part II, Chapter 8?

5. What sound at the end of Part II, Chapter 11 sends Raka running home rather than to the ravine where she was headed?

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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