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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 - Part II: Chapter 7 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Nanda been practicing for an hour each day since she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s?
(a) Stillness.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Badminton.
(d) Tai Chi.

2. What does Raka do while Nanda sits on a bench at the foot of Monkey Point?
(a) She runs away from Nanda.
(b) She climbs Monkey Point.
(c) She tells Nanda of her home life.
(d) She sits with Nanda.

3. What does Nanda say there is never enough of that time of year to put out the fires?
(a) Residents.
(b) Time.
(c) Firemen.
(d) Water.

4. Nanda tells Raka that the full moon she thinks she sees in Part II, Chapter 12 is really what?
(a) Lights from the Institute.
(b) Street Lights.
(c) A forest fire.
(d) Searchlights.

5. What is the main character of Fire on the Mountain’s name?
(a) Raka.
(b) Asha.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) Nanda Kaul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Raka fall asleep near at the end of Part II, Chapter 12?

2. What had Raka’s parents told her of the beauty of, which she sees out her window at Carignano?

3. The scene Raka sees in Part II, Chapter 10 is more of what, than the fancy ball she expected?

4. In Chapter 5, Nanda compares her great-grandaughter’s visit as putting what around her neck?

5. What is the title of Part I?

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