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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. What do Nanda and Raka watch together during tea at the start of Part II, Chapter 15?
2. At the end of Part II, Chapter 13, Raka and Ram Lal try to shoo away a band of what, which had descended on the apricot trees and hydrangeas?
3. What does Raka see outside in the morning after the storm at the start of Part II, Chapter 17?
4. Nanda tells Raka that the full moon she thinks she sees in Part II, Chapter 12 is really what?
5. The letter Nanda receives from Asha tells news of whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Nanda say happened the morning after she and her family camped out by a river in Part II, Chapter 15?
2. What does Nanda ask Raka if she would like to take to Monkey Point, and how does Raka respond?
3. How does Raka feel about Carignano as described in Part II, Chapter 18?
4. 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?
5. Why is Raka dismayed when Nanda says she will join her on her walk after tea in Part II, Chapter 7?
6. What does Nanda observe about Raka and Ram Lal’s relationship at the start of Part II, Chapter 13?
7. 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?
8. How does Raka recall the parties that her father had her go to as a child?
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. In Part II, Chapter 15, what reason does Nanda give Raka for her wanting to move to Carignano to be alone?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Analyze Raka’s fascination with forest fires throughout the novel. What scenes show this interest and what does it tell the reader about Raka?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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