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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 is the main character of Fire on the Mountain’s name?
2. What is the title of Part I?
3. At the end of Part II, Chapter 2, Raka searches for what creature under the stones?
4. What creature does Raka observe at the start of Part II, Chapter 5?
5. What is Nanda’s cook’s name?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Nanda feel at the end of Part I about the possibility of Ila Das visiting Carignano?
3. What does Ram Lal tell Raka of the house that had burned in a forest fire in a the end of Part II, Chapter 6?
4. Who is the letter, which Nanda receives in Part I from and what is it asking?
5. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about the Pasteur Institute and why she should not go there at night?
6. How do Raka and Nanda behave toward one another when Raka first arrives as described in Part II, Chapter 4?
7. In Chapter 2, what does the year 1947 signify in regards to Carignano?
8. 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?
9. When Nanda receives the letter, how does she think she will respond regardless of the request?
10. How does Nanda feel about the hoopoe nest outside her window?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the ending of Fire on the Mountain. What are the two significant events that occur and how will they affect Nanda?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about Ram Lal and Nanda’s relationship. Use direct examples from the text to support your view.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Nanda’s relationship like with her daughter Asha. Use direct examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
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