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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Asha wish to send her daughter over the summer?
2. What has Nanda been practicing for an hour each day since she lived in the Vice Chancellor’s?
3. Who is the author of Fire on the Mountain?
4. Which of her children is Nanda’s letter from?
5. What is the title of Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ram Lal tell Raka about the snake she tells him she saw in Part II, Chapter 6?
2. How do Raka and Nanda behave toward one another when Raka first arrives as described in Part II, Chapter 4?
3. In Part I, Chapter 9, when Nanda is feeling uneasy about Raka’s visit, what does she discuss with Ram Lal?
4. What about Ram Lal and the postman’s walk up the hill irritates Nanda?
5. The end of Part I, Chapter 7 tells of the Vice Chancellor dropping off a guest at her home. What does this description hint at to the reader?
6. How does Nanda feel about Asha’s request to have Raka stay with her in Carignano for the summer?
7. 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?
8. Why did Nanda move to Carignano?
9. Where does Raka find herself instead of at the Carignano garden when she is on one of her adventures in Part II, Chapter 5?
10. In Chapter 1, why does Nanda Kaul hope the postman does not stop at her house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze Nanda’s relationship with Ila Das.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the ending of Fire on the Mountain. What are the two significant events that occur and how will they affect Nanda?
Essay Topic 3
Write a brief essay on why Nanda went to Carignano and whether she found what she was looking for.
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