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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the section of the book Nanda is reading at the start of Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) How to Decorate a Lonely Home.
(b) When a Woman Lives Alone.
(c) The Opulence of Loneliness.
(d) Pillow for One.

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

3. What game did people from campus come to the Vice Chancellors to play?
(a) Parcheesi.
(b) Badminton.
(c) Uno.
(d) Baseball.

4. Who is the author of Fire on the Mountain?
(a) Anne Desai.
(b) Anita Desai.
(c) Anita Dennis.
(d) Desa Anita.

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

6. Though Raka ignores Nanda with ease, Nanda realizes that her “rejection of the child” was what?
(a) Infuriating.
(b) Painful.
(c) Easy.
(d) Planned.

7. Who does Ila Das tell Nanda she wants to meet in Chapter 6?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) The Vice Chancellor.
(c) Asha.
(d) Raka.

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

9. When Nanda bumps her leg in Part I, Chapter 10, what colors does she compare the bruise to?
(a) Old meat.
(b) A fire.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Eggplant.

10. Ram Lal tells Raka in Part II, Chapter 3 to avoid the factory at night because of what creatures, which come out at night?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Owls.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Jackals.

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

12. What was the room Nanda’s husband slept in before she had his bed moved there?
(a) The living room.
(b) A closet.
(c) A dressing room.
(d) A bathroom.

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

14. Nanda compares Raka’s round eyes to what?
(a) Two moons.
(b) Cookies.
(c) An insect.
(d) Goggles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nanda’s cook’s name?

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

3. Who were the party throwing owners of Carignano who lived there just prior to Nanda moving in?

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

5. What does Ram Lal say he and Nanda are at the end of Chapter 9?

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