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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. At the start of Part II, Chapter 7, after finishing their tea, Nanda says she will join Raka to do what?
2. Nanda is jealous of Raka’s relationship with whom at the start of Part II, Chapter 13?
3. Nanda tells Raka that when her mother came to visit Carignano she sang that rainy days were what?
4. Where does Ila Das call Nanda from in Part II, Chapter 21?
5. Nanda struggles to find a way to keep Raka’s interested in Part II, Chapter 20 and realizes that Raka’s indifference is what to Nanda?
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 poet does Nanda recite to Raka during their walk to Monkey Point and why?
3. Who does Nanda tell Raka are destroying her quiet little place?
4. Even though Nanda prefers solitude, what does she continue to suggest to Raka as described in Part II, Chapter 9?
5. How does Nanda respond when, after suggesting to Raka that she go to the club, Raka tells her grandmother that she does not go to the club?
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. What does Nanda ask Raka if she would like to do at the end of Part II, Chapter 7, which suggests she does not want Raka to leave, and how does Raka feel about the suggestion?
8. What do Raka and Nanda laugh at together on their walk to Monkey Point?
9. Where does Nanda tell Raka her Buddha statue came from?
10. What fantastical stories does Nanda tell her about the things her father kept at their home in Kashmir?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze why Nanda’s home with her husband, the Vice Chancellor is always referred to as “The Vice Chancellor’s House” and not as Nanda’s home in Fire on the Mountain. Use direct examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about Ram Lal and Nanda’s relationship. Use direct examples from the text to support your view.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the ending of Fire on The Mountain. Describe what happens and how these events help to develop the theme of solitude.
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