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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. At the end of Part II, Chapter 21, what does Nanda think she should remove from her house?
2. How do Nanda and Raka feel watching the storm in Part II, Chapter 15?
3. What does Ram Lal place on the breakfast table in Part II, Chapter 17?
4. In Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda thinks of how independent Raka is, and how she does what, unlike all other children she has known?
5. What does Raka touch of Nanda’s in the drawing room, where they keep sheltered from the storm?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What poet does Nanda recite to Raka during their walk to Monkey Point and why?
3. What does Nanda ask Raka if she would like to do at the end of Part II, Chapter 7, which suggests she does not want Raka to leave, and how does Raka feel about the suggestion?
4. How does Raka feel about Carignano as described in Part II, Chapter 18?
5. What does Nanda say happened the morning after she and her family camped out by a river in Part II, Chapter 15?
6. Where does Nanda tell Raka her Buddha statue came from?
7. Who calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21 and what does this person want?
8. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about churails in Part II, Chapter 13?
9. 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?
10. How does Raka react when Nanda tells her that the letter she received from Asha said that her mother is ill?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Nanda’s feelings toward Raka and how they change over time.
Essay Topic 2
Write a brief essay on why Nanda went to Carignano and whether she found what she was looking for.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the genre choice for Fire on the Mountain. Why did Anita Desai choose to write this fictional narrative and would it have been as or more effective written as non-fiction or memoir?
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