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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Koly and Tanu do for work on Koly's first morning at Maa Kamala's?
(a) They string marigolds for garlands.
(b) They make bangles from beads.
(c) They do laundry.
(d) They embroider saris.

2. How is Hari taken to the river?
(a) He walks with the help of his parents.
(b) He is carried by his father and Mr. Lal.
(c) He is carried on a cot.
(d) He is carried in a rickshaw.

3. What does Koly see in the marketplace on her way home from the government office in Chapter 6?
(a) Sassur talking to a group of men.
(b) A matchmaker who knew Hari.
(c) A widow selling her possessions.
(d) A blinded bird and a caged monkey.

4. How does the crowd react as Hari's dead body is carried past?
(a) Women moan and men stomp the ground.
(b) They make a path.
(c) They seem not to notice.
(d) They chant.

5. Who scolds Hari for being playful in the river?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mr. Lal.
(c) The healer.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What life changing event occurs in Chapter 6?

2. What does Koly do each morning after Chandra is gone?

3. What finally gives Koly the courage to approach the man in the government office about her pension?

4. What is a Chula?

5. What are some of the things that Koly does after Chandra leaves to try and please Sass?

(see the answer key)

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