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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 notices a change in Raka at the start of Part II, Chapter 12, after Raka witnesses the costume party?
2. In Part II, Chapter 15, Nanda tells Raka of her time where, which she says was like a paradise to her?
3. What does Ram Lal tell Raka churails live off of?
4. The scene Raka sees in Part II, Chapter 10 is more of what, than the fancy ball she expected?
5. Where does Ila Das call Nanda from in Part II, Chapter 21?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Raka recall the parties that her father had her go to as a child?
2. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about churails in Part II, Chapter 13?
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. What do Raka and Nanda laugh at together on their walk to Monkey Point?
5. What poet does Nanda recite to Raka during their walk to Monkey Point and why?
6. At the start of Part II, Chapter 14 a letter arrives at Carignano. Who is it from and what does it say?
7. 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?
8. Who does Nanda tell Raka are destroying her quiet little place?
9. What does Nanda consider doing at the end of Part II, Chapter 14, but decide against because it would require meeting with someone?
10. Why is Raka dismayed when Nanda says she will join her on her walk after tea in Part II, Chapter 7?
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
Write an essay analyzing the ending of Fire on the Mountain. What are the two significant events that occur and how will they affect Nanda?
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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