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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lake near her childhood home does Nanda tell Raka about at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 19?
(a) Kasauli.
(b) Carignano.
(c) Dal Lake.
(d) Lake India.

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?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Langurs.
(c) Owls.
(d) Hens.

3. What does Raka sneak out to see at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 10?
(a) The jackals.
(b) The burnt cottage.
(c) Monkey Point.
(d) A big party at the club.

4. Who does Raka fall asleep near at the end of Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) Nanda.
(b) Isla Das.
(c) The Buddha statue.
(d) Ram Lal.

5. At the start of Part II, Chapter 7, after finishing their tea, Nanda says she will join Raka to do what?
(a) Watch a movie.
(b) Read.
(c) Walk.
(d) Play badminton.

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

7. What arrives at Carignano at the start of Part II, Chapter 14?
(a) Asha.
(b) A letter.
(c) Nothing.
(d) An officer.

8. What does Nanda ask Raka if she would like to take to Monkey point in Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) A pony ride.
(b) A boat.
(c) A train.
(d) A bicycle.

9. In Part II, Chapter 14, Nanda thinks of how independent Raka is, and how she does what, unlike all other children she has known?
(a) Cooks for herself.
(b) Puts herself to bed.
(c) Buys her own clothes.
(d) Pays her own bills.

10. At the end of Part II, Chapter 20, Raka, bored of Nanda’s conversation, hopes that who will come rescue her?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) Asha.
(c) Tara.
(d) Her father.

11. Where do Ram Lal and Raka talk to one another in the evening?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) By the Hamam.
(c) In the drawing room.
(d) In the guest room.

12. After declining to meet Ila Das for lunch, where does Nanda offer to meet her for tea the next day?
(a) Sanawar.
(b) Kasauli.
(c) Nanda’s house.
(d) Ila’s house.

13. What does Nanda tell Raka is “everywhere” (57) in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) The army.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Insects.
(d) Peace.

14. What does Nanda tell Raka was needed in order to travel to Tibet back when her father went there when she was young?
(a) Tons of money.
(b) A passport.
(c) Government arrangements and military aid.
(d) A travel visa.

15. How does Raka react to the information about her mother at the end of Part II, Chapter 17?
(a) Happy.
(b) With indifference.
(c) Sad.
(d) Scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part II, Chapter 8, Raka recalls parties her father had taken to her as what for both her and her mother?

2. In Part II, Chapter 12, Nanda tells Raka that houses may burn and maybe even what?

3. What does Raka do while Nanda sits on a bench at the foot of Monkey Point?

4. In addition to leopard cats, peacocks, lorises, and a cub, what animal does Nanda tell Raka they had at her childhood home?

5. Who refers to Raka as “the crazy one from Carignano” (91), at the end of Part II, Chapter 18?

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