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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 refers to Raka as “the crazy one from Carignano” (91), at the end of Part II, Chapter 18?
2. 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?
3. As the fire burns, Raka goes to the window at night to see if it is any closer to where?
4. What lake near her childhood home does Nanda tell Raka about at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 19?
5. What does Nanda tell Raka is “everywhere” (57) in Part II, Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Raka recall the parties that her father had her go to as a child?
2. How does Raka react when Nanda tells her that the letter she received from Asha said that her mother is ill?
3. How does Raka feel about Carignano as described in Part II, Chapter 18?
4. What fantastical stories does Nanda tell her about the things her father kept at their home in Kashmir?
5. 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?
6. Who calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21 and what does this person want?
7. What do Raka and Nanda laugh at together on their walk to Monkey Point?
8. Even though Nanda prefers solitude, what does she continue to suggest to Raka as described in Part II, Chapter 9?
9. Who does Nanda tell Raka are destroying her quiet little place?
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
Analyze the significance of the scene Raka witnesses at the Kasauli Club in Part II, Chapters 10 and 11.
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
Who is Ila Das? How is her character developed throughout the story? Give direct evidence from the text.
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