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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. Nanda can see that Ram Lal intrigues Raka as well as makes her feel what?
(a) Safe.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Smart.
(d) Funny.

2. What does Ram Lal place on the breakfast table in Part II, Chapter 17?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) A milk jug of lilies.
(c) Maple syrup.
(d) Coffee.

3. What do Nanda and Raka watch together during tea at the start of Part II, Chapter 15?
(a) A storm.
(b) Ram Lal clean.
(c) Langurs.
(d) A movie.

4. 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.

5. What does the freakish ball at the club make Raka think of at the end of Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Nanda’s house.
(b) Her abusive father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Ram Lal’s stories.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Nanda decides against writing a will because she does not want to have to invite who over?

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

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

5. Rama Lal tells Raka that a woman turned into what after looking at a churails feet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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