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

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

3. Chapter 9 describes how Nanda moved to Carignano after what event in her life?
(a) Her husband’s resignation.
(b) Her daughter’s illness.
(c) Her husband’s death.
(d) Her retirement.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part II, Chapter 2, Raka searches for what creature under the stones?

2. Who does Ila Das tell Nanda she wants to meet in Chapter 6?

3. What has Nanda been practicing for an hour each day since she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s?

4. What is the name of the house Nanda lives in in Kasauli?

5. What is Tara’s daughter’s name?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When Nanda receives the letter, how does she think she will respond regardless of the request?

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

4. How does Nanda feel at the end of Part I about the possibility of Ila Das visiting Carignano?

5. Describe Nanda’s feelings toward Ila Das based on their phone call in Part I, Chapter 6?

6. Why did Nanda move to Carignano?

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

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

9. How do Raka and Nanda behave toward one another when Raka first arrives as described in Part II, Chapter 4?

10. How does Nanda feel about Carignano compared to the Vice Chancellor’s house?

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