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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Raka see outside in the morning after the storm at the start of Part II, Chapter 17?
(a) Langurs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Lilies.
(d) Sunshine.

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

4. After seeing a headless man with a shawl dripping with blood, Raka runs off doing what?
(a) Doing Cartwheels.
(b) Crying.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Soaring.

5. How does Raka feel when Nanda offers to join her in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Unhappy.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Thrilled.
(d) Indifferent.

6. What does Raka see at the top of the hill near the small charred cottage?
(a) A jackal.
(b) A new house.
(c) Stones for a house.
(d) Ram Lal.

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

8. What does Raka touch of Nanda’s in the drawing room, where they keep sheltered from the storm?
(a) Her books.
(b) The table.
(c) A bronze Buddha.
(d) The chair.

9. In Part II, Chapter 20, when the moon rises and the jackals howls, Raka is disappointed that the light is not from what?
(a) The Bazaar.
(b) The Kasauli Club.
(c) A forest fire.
(d) A full moon.

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

11. What does Ram Lal place on the breakfast table in Part II, Chapter 17?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) A milk jug of lilies.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Maple syrup.

12. 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.

13. Who is Ila Das having lunch with when she calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21?
(a) Ram Lal.
(b) Raka.
(c) Asha.
(d) Miss Wright.

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

15. In addition to leopard cats, peacocks, lorises, and a cub, what animal does Nanda tell Raka they had at her childhood home?
(a) Giraffes.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Pangolin.
(d) Lions.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part II, Chapter 21, what does Nanda decide she will not leave to Raka after she dies?

2. What do Nanda and Raka laugh together at when they are walking Chapter 7?

3. After declining to meet Ila Das for lunch, where does Nanda offer to meet her for tea the next day?

4. The beginning of Part II, Chapter 12, states that Raka’s “eyes darkened, as if with” what?

5. As the fire burns, Raka goes to the window at night to see if it is any closer to where?

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