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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 Raka run to see at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 18?
(a) The burnt house.
(b) A forest fire.
(c) The babas.
(d) A langur.

2. 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) Searchlights.
(d) Street Lights.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What lake near her childhood home does Nanda tell Raka about at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 19?

2. Who notices a change in Raka at the start of Part II, Chapter 12, after Raka witnesses the costume party?

3. At the beginning of Part II, Chapter 20, when Raka comes home, what does Nanda tell her she is nothing like?

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

5. What does Nanda tell Raka is “everywhere” (57) in Part II, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Raka’s reaction to the wild costume party she sees at the club when she sneaks out in Part II, Chapter 10 and 11? What does it make her think of?

2. What does Nanda say happened the morning after she and her family camped out by a river in Part II, Chapter 15?

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

4. Even though Nanda prefers solitude, what does she continue to suggest to Raka as described in Part II, Chapter 9?

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

6. What does Nanda consider doing at the end of Part II, Chapter 14, but decide against because it would require meeting with someone?

7. Why is Raka dismayed when Nanda says she will join her on her walk after tea in Part II, Chapter 7?

8. In Part II, Chapter 15, what reason does Nanda give Raka for her wanting to move to Carignano to be alone?

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

10. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about churails in Part II, Chapter 13?

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