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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. Who is Ila Das having lunch with when she calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21?
(a) Miss Wright.
(b) Ram Lal.
(c) Raka.
(d) Asha.

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

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

4. At the start of Part II, Chapter 7, after finishing their tea, Nanda says she will join Raka to do what?
(a) Read.
(b) Watch a movie.
(c) Walk.
(d) Play badminton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What arrives at Carignano at the start of Part II, Chapter 14?

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

3. Nanda tells Raka that the full moon she thinks she sees in Part II, Chapter 12 is really what?

4. Nanda recites a poem to Raka by which poet in Part II, Chapter 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where does Nanda tell Raka her Buddha statue came from?

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. What does Nanda say happened the morning after she and her family camped out by a river in Part II, Chapter 15?

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