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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 was the room Nanda’s husband slept in before she had his bed moved there?
2. What is the title of Part I?
3. What is Tara’s daughter recovering from, according to the letter in Chapter 4?
4. Which former resident of Carignano “poked a fork into her cook’s neck when he was choking on a mutton bone in the belief it would make an aperture for him to breathe through” (9)?
5. When Raka looks for Ram Lal at the end of Chapter 2, what does she find him doing?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Nanda receives the letter, how does she think she will respond regardless of the request?
2. How do Raka and Nanda behave toward one another when Raka first arrives as described in Part II, Chapter 4?
3. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about the snake she tells him she saw in Part II, Chapter 6?
4. Why did Nanda move to Carignano?
5. How does Nanda feel about Asha’s request to have Raka stay with her in Carignano for the summer?
6. How does Nanda feel at the end of Part I about the possibility of Ila Das visiting Carignano?
7. What has Nanda been doing for one hour each day, even when she lived at the Vice Chancellor’s?
8. Why does Nanda send Ram Lal to the taxi stand to meet Raka when she first arrives rather than going herself?
9. In Chapter 1, why does Nanda Kaul hope the postman does not stop at her house?
10. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about the Pasteur Institute and why she should not go there at night?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the theme of solitude in the novel. What events, characters or symbols does the author use to develop this theme.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Nanda’s voice in Fire on the Mountain. Use specific adjectives and examples from the text, analyze whether Nanda’s voice is positive or negative. If it is both, give examples of each.
Essay Topic 3
Though the majority of the novel is written from Nanda’s perspective, the author employs omniscient narration, showing the reader the thoughts of experience of another character. Write an essay about why Anita Desai may have chosen to do this and whether you think it is effective or not.
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