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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. Who does Nanda tell Raka left her family behind after camping by a river in Kashmir?
2. Where do Ram Lal and Raka talk to one another in the evening?
3. At the end of Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda considers leaving what to Raka?
4. What does Raka run to see at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 18?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Nanda say happened the morning after she and her family camped out by a river in Part II, Chapter 15?
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 poet does Nanda recite to Raka during their walk to Monkey Point and why?
4. Who calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21 and what does this person want?
5. Why is Raka dismayed when Nanda says she will join her on her walk after tea in Part II, Chapter 7?
6. In Part II, Chapter 15, what reason does Nanda give Raka for her wanting to move to Carignano to be alone?
7. Where does Nanda tell Raka her Buddha statue came from?
8. 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?
9. What does Nanda ask Raka if she would like to take to Monkey Point, and how does Raka respond?
10. At the start of Part II, Chapter 14 a letter arrives at Carignano. Who is it from and what does it say?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay comparing Nanda’s life at the Vice Chancellor’s to her life in Carignano.
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
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.
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