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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part II, Chapter 4, how often did Nand ask Raka where she had been when she would disappear for hours?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Hourly.
(c) Never.
(d) Daily.

5. What is the title of Part I?
(a) Nanda gets a visit.
(b) Nanda and the Vice Chancellor.
(c) Nanda Kaul and Ram Lal.
(d) Nanda Kaul at Carignano.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Nanda compares her great-grandaughter’s visit as putting what around her neck?

2. Ram Lal tells Raka in Part II, Chapter 3 to avoid the factory at night because of what creatures, which come out at night?

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

4. Who had the house built for his wife in 1843?

5. How is Ila Das’ voice described in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Though Raka has heard of the beauty of the Himalayas she is surprised nobody ever told her of the factory she sees from her window. What is the factory called and what does Ram Lal tell Raka about it?

2. In Part I, Chapter 9, when Nanda is feeling uneasy about Raka’s visit, what does she discuss with Ram Lal?

3. What does Ram Lal tell Raka of the house that had burned in a forest fire in a the end of Part II, Chapter 6?

4. What is Nanda reading in Part I, Chapter 8 and what does it say?

5. Why did Nanda move to Carignano?

6. What does the name Raka mean, and how does Nanda feel about that at the start of Part II?

7. Why does Nanda send Ram Lal to the taxi stand to meet Raka when she first arrives rather than going herself?

8. What about Ram Lal and the postman’s walk up the hill irritates Nanda?

9. In Chapter 1, why does Nanda Kaul hope the postman does not stop at her house?

10. In Chapter 2, what does the year 1947 signify in regards to Carignano?

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