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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is true of Sass during Chandra's first visit home?
(a) She is sickly.
(b) She tends to Sassur constantly.
(c) She keeps busy making baby shoes.
(d) She is in good spirits.

2. How does the driver of the rickshaw help Koly to get some food?
(a) He directs her to a farmer.
(b) He gives her his lunch.
(c) He sends her to a field full of bilberries.
(d) He directs her to the monks.

3. 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.

4. What does Chandra ask Koly to do before the family leaves for Varanasi?
(a) Bring her back some water from the river.
(b) Give him some honey when Sass is not looking.
(c) Let her keep the silver earrings if Hari dies.
(d) Put a marigold garland on Hari if he dies.

5. What does the rickshaw driver tell her about widows in Vrindavan?
(a) That they die quickly.
(b) That they are treated with respect.
(c) That there is much work for them.
(d) That they are left all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sassur stop reading Tagore's poems after Chandra is gone?

2. Where does Koly sleep on her first night in Vrindavan?

3. What is true of life at the Mehta's home once Chandra is married?

4. How do Chandra and Koly interact in Chapter 4 after Hari's passing?

5. How does Koly feel when it is time to leave Sass's house?

(see the answer key)

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