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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. Nanda can see that Ram Lal intrigues Raka as well as makes her feel what?
2. What does Raka see at the top of the hill near the small charred cottage?
3. After seeing a headless man with a shawl dripping with blood, Raka runs off doing what?
4. How does Raka react to the information about her mother at the end of Part II, Chapter 17?
5. What arrives at Carignano at the start of Part II, Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Nanda respond when, after suggesting to Raka that she go to the club, Raka tells her grandmother that she does not go to the club?
2. Who does Nanda tell Raka are destroying her quiet little place?
3. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about churails in Part II, Chapter 13?
4. Describe Raka’s behavior after Nanda tells her what she thought was a full moon was really a forest fire in Part II, Chapter 12?
5. Why is Raka dismayed when Nanda says she will join her on her walk after tea in Part II, Chapter 7?
6. What fantastical stories does Nanda tell her about the things her father kept at their home in Kashmir?
7. Where does Nanda tell Raka her Buddha statue came from?
8. Even though Nanda prefers solitude, what does she continue to suggest to Raka as described in Part II, Chapter 9?
9. What poet does Nanda recite to Raka during their walk to Monkey Point and why?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on the Kasauli club’s purpose in Fire on the Mountain. What does the club symbolize or represent, and how do scenes which include the club help move the narrative forward?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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