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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. How does Raka feel when Nanda offers to join her in Part II, Chapter 7?
2. In Part II, Chapter 16, whose things does Nanda tell Raka her home was filled with?
3. After their walk to Monkey Point, Nanda stopped offering to walk with her and instead would do what during tea?
4. Nanda tells Raka that when her mother came to visit Carignano she sang that rainy days were what?
5. How does Raka react to the information about her mother at the end of Part II, Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. What poet does Nanda recite to Raka during their walk to Monkey Point and why?
2. How does Raka recall the parties that her father had her go to as a child?
3. When they reach Monkey Point, Nanda tells Raka to go up alone. How has Nanda’s mood changed once Raka returned from scaling Monkey Point?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. In Part II, Chapter 15, what reason does Nanda give Raka for her wanting to move to Carignano to be alone?
7. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about churails in Part II, Chapter 13?
8. Where does Nanda tell Raka her Buddha statue came from?
9. Even though Nanda prefers solitude, what does she continue to suggest to Raka as described in Part II, Chapter 9?
10. 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?
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 explaining how the title of the novel supports the overall narrative tone and themes.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the ending of Fire on The Mountain. Describe what happens and how these events help to develop the theme of solitude.
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