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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of Part II, Chapter 1, Nanda still sees Raka as a what?
(a) Friend.
(b) Lifesaver.
(c) Roommate.
(d) Intruder.

3. Which former resident of Carignano once attacked the gardener for planting marigolds?
(a) Miss Appleby.
(b) Miss Hughes.
(c) Miss Mavis.
(d) Miss Appleton.

4. In Chapter 7, Nanda recalls her husband coming home after dropping off how many guests after a badminton game?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. Who does the main character hope does not come to her house in Chapter 1?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) The grainseller.
(c) The postman.
(d) The police.

6. In Part II, Chapter 2, Raka is surprised her parents never told her about what, which she sees out the window?
(a) The Himalayas.
(b) Factories.
(c) Kasauli.
(d) Forest Fires.

7. What does Nanda consider putting in the guest room, but ultimately decides against?
(a) A refrigerator.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Silk sheets.
(d) Books.

8. When Raka looks for Ram Lal at the end of Chapter 2, what does she find him doing?
(a) Heating her bath.
(b) Reading.
(c) Cooking Potatoes.
(d) Napping.

9. 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)?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Miss Shrewsbury.
(c) Mary Jo.
(d) Miss Appleby.

10. Who were the party throwing owners of Carignano who lived there just prior to Nanda moving in?
(a) Miss Weaver and Miss Polson.
(b) Miss Mavis and Miss Appleby.
(c) Raka and Asha.
(d) The Hughes Sisters.

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

12. Where does Asha’s daughter live with her husband and daughter?
(a) Carignano.
(b) Kasauli.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Kashmir.

13. Who calls Nanda at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Asha.
(b) Ila Das.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) Tara.

14. In Part II, Chapter 1, Raka and Nanda do what, “because they felt they must” (40)?
(a) Have tea.
(b) Smile.
(c) Hug.
(d) Speak.

15. What creature does Raka observe at the start of Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Snake.
(b) Owl.
(c) Hen.
(d) Jackal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Nanda writes Asha to tell her what about Raka?

2. Who meets Raka at the taxi stand at the start of Part I, Chapter 10?

3. What is Tara’s daughter recovering from, according to the letter in Chapter 4?

4. Rather than opening the letter right away, Nanda watches what birds fight over an apricot?

5. Where does Asha wish to send her daughter over the summer?

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