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

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

3. Who does Nanda tell Raka left her family behind after camping by a river in Kashmir?
(a) Nanda.
(b) Nanda’s grandfather.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

4. Who told Raka about the event she sneaks out to see in Part II, Chapter 10?
(a) Asha.
(b) Tara.
(c) Ram Lal.
(d) Nanda.

5. 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) Her father.
(c) Asha.
(d) Tara.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Raka feel when Nanda offers to join her in Part II, Chapter 7?

2. The letter Nanda receives from Asha tells news of whom?

3. Who calls Nanda at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 21?

4. Who does Raka fall asleep near at the end of Part II, Chapter 12?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What fantastical stories does Nanda tell her about the things her father kept at their home in Kashmir?

2. How does Raka recall the parties that her father had her go to as a child?

3. Who calls Nanda in Part II, Chapter 21 and what does this person want?

4. What poet does Nanda recite to Raka during their walk to Monkey Point and why?

5. What do Raka and Nanda laugh at together on their walk to Monkey Point?

6. In Part II, Chapter 20 when Raka is outside with Nanda and sees the moon rise, she is disappointed that the light from the moon is not what?

7. How does Raka react when Nanda tells her that the letter she received from Asha said that her mother is ill?

8. At the start of Part II, Chapter 14 a letter arrives at Carignano. Who is it from and what does it say?

9. How does Raka feel about Carignano as described in Part II, Chapter 18?

10. Where does Nanda tell Raka her Buddha statue came from?

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