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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ram Lal tell Raka the factories she sees are called?
2. In Chapter 5, Nanda thinks of her life at the Vice Chancellor’s house in what state?
3. Nanda compares Raka’s round eyes to what?
4. What is Tara’s daughter’s name?
5. At the end of Part II, Chapter 1, Nanda still sees Raka as a what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the name Raka mean, and how does Nanda feel about that at the start of Part II?
2. Though Raka has heard of the beauty of the Himalayas she is surprised nobody ever told her of the factory she sees from her window. What is the factory called and what does Ram Lal tell Raka about it?
3. What about Ram Lal and the postman’s walk up the hill irritates Nanda?
4. How does Nanda feel at the end of Part I about the possibility of Ila Das visiting Carignano?
5. How does Nanda feel about the hoopoe nest outside her window?
6. Who is the letter, which Nanda receives in Part I from and what is it asking?
7. In Part I, Chapter 9, when Nanda is feeling uneasy about Raka’s visit, what does she discuss with Ram Lal?
8. How does Nanda feel about Asha’s request to have Raka stay with her in Carignano for the summer?
9. The end of Part I, Chapter 7 tells of the Vice Chancellor dropping off a guest at her home. What does this description hint at to the reader?
10. What is Nanda reading in Part I, Chapter 8 and what does it say?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the ending of Fire on The Mountain. Describe what happens and how these events help to develop the theme of solitude.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze why Nanda’s home with her husband, the Vice Chancellor is always referred to as “The Vice Chancellor’s House” and not as Nanda’s home in Fire on the Mountain. Use direct examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the women who lived at Carignano before Nanda. What do the various people who inhabited Carignano before Nanda tell the reader about the history of the area?
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