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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant event occurs at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Sassur loses his teaching position.
(b) It is announced that Koly will be returned to her parents.
(c) It is announced that Chandra will marry.
(d) Sass receives an inheritance.

2. Where are Hari's ashes scattered?
(a) Over the Ganges.
(b) They are not scattered, they are put into an urn.
(c) At his home.
(d) In a sacred spot next to the Ganges.

3. What is one reason that Sass gives for being so resentful of Koly?
(a) Her dowry was too low.
(b) She is an extra mouth to feed.
(c) She cannot read.
(d) She is a poor cook.

4. How does Koly's mother make money?
(a) She makes and sells saris.
(b) She teaches.
(c) She is a medicine woman.
(d) She is a wash woman.

5. What is Koly's first reaction to seeing Varanasi?
(a) She is disgusted by the filth.
(b) She feels cramped by the busy city.
(c) She is afraid and homesick.
(d) She is amazed by the shrines and temples.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Sass and Koly visit in the village one week after Hari's death?

2. Who scolds Hari for being playful in the river?

3. What does Koly see being placed in the baggage car of the train before they embark on their trip to Varanasi?

4. What is Koly told about the husband her parents have chosen for her?

5. After Sass returns from getting Hari's medicine, how does she react when she discovers Koly in Hari's room and learns she has given him a remedy?

(see the answer key)

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