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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 - Part I: Chapters 8-10 and Part II: Chapters 1 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the club Raka ends up at instead of Carignano garden at the end of Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Chandigarh.
(b) Club Bazaar.
(c) Kasauli.
(d) Sanawar.

2. Chapter 9 describes how Nanda moved to Carignano after what event in her life?
(a) Her retirement.
(b) Her husband’s resignation.
(c) Her husband’s death.
(d) Her daughter’s illness.

3. What does Ram Lal suggest he cook for Raka in Chapter 9?
(a) Cheeseburgers.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Potato chips and ketchup.

4. What does Ram Lal tell Raka the factories she sees are called?
(a) Pasteur Institute.
(b) The Kasauli Laboratory.
(c) The Carignano Labs.
(d) The Himalaya Institute.

5. At the end of Part II, Chapter 2, Raka searches for what creature under the stones?
(a) Praying Mantis.
(b) Salamander.
(c) Hen.
(d) Cricket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the house Nanda lives in in Kasauli?

2. How many letters does the postman give to Nanda in Chapter 3?

3. Which former resident of Carignano “poked a fork into her cook’s neck when he was choking on a mutton bone in the belief it would make an aperture for him to breathe through” (9)?

4. Which of her children is Nanda’s letter from?

5. What is the main character of Fire on the Mountain’s name?

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