Fire on the Mountain Quizzes

Fire on the Mountain Quiz 1

1 Whom is Nanda Kaul unhappy to see at the beginning?
Ram Lal

Ila Das

The postman

Raka
2 Nanda Kaul's life can best be described as
abstemious

lively

solitary

boring
3 Nanda Kaul likes Carignano because of its
flora and fauna

wildlife

weather

barrenness
4 What kind of trees are on the property?
Apricot

Orange

Apple

Lemon
5 All of the following describe someone who lived at Carignano before Nanda Kaul except
a social worker in the villages

an English couple and their children

a wife who tried to kill her husband every day

a woman who concocted things out of what grew in the garden
6 Ram Lal can best be described as
dour

practical

religious

rude
7 What does Nanda Kaul plan to say to the letter she gets?
Thank you

No

Yes

Stop writing
8 Asha is characterized by all the following except
her piety

her desire for stature

her frivolity

her beauty
9 What is wrong with Tara?
She is injured

She is depressed

She is sick

She is pregnant
10 What did Raka have?
Typhoid

Cholera

Dysentery

Measles
11 How does Nanda Kaul feel about her great-granddaughter coming to stay with her?
She is extremely bothered

She is scared

She is indifferent

She is mildly excited
12 Nanda Kaul's husband was a/an
Lawyer

Doctor

Vice-Chancellor

Politician
13 Ila Das's voice is
shrill

lilting

monotone

deep
14 What does Nanda Kaul do for an hour every afternoon?
Weaves

Lies very still

Reads a novel

Sits in her garden
15 What exhausted Nanda Kaul about her former life?
Servants

Children

Guests

[All of these options exhausted her.]
16 When she was running her household, Nanda Kaul only wanted
to be alone

to be loved

to be thought beautiful

to have someone understand her
17 What is the topic of the main entry of the writings of Sei Shonagon that Nanda Kaul is reading?
Types of flowers

How to bathe

Types of insects

A woman's house
18 What was a "habit Nanda Kaul had mislaid"?
Dreaming

Leaving Carignano

Thinking about herself

Care of others
19 What do Nanda Kaul and Ram Lal agree to feed Raka?
Potato chips

Chicken

Cake

Fruit
20 Waiting for Raka, Nanda Kaul
has a coughing fit

faints

takes a nap

bumps her leg
21 What does Nanda Kaul think of her children?
They're all the same

Several of them passed away, which makes her sad

They make her proud

They were too dull
22 Nanda Kaul's worries about Raka include all the following except
entertaining her

not being able to sleep if she is in the house

if she will bring her sickness with her and infect Nanda Kaul

having to think about her as an individual
23 What sort of bird sings a "low, domestic call" as Nanda Kaul waits for Raka?
Swallow

Cuckoo

Nightingale

Eagle
24 Who is the narrator of the novel?
A third-person entity

Raka

Ila Das

Nanda Kaul
25 How long is Raka to stay with Nanda Kaul?
The summer

Unknown

1 year

3 months

Aspects of the natural world describe the characters and provide context for what they are experiencing. For example, the women are compared to birds, Raka means "moon," and Raka is fascinated by fire, dust, and wildness. Elaine Yee Lin Ho notes...

Asked by Bharti M #1359284

Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/24/2025 7:44 PM