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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Maa Kamala?
(a) The woman who sells marigold garlands.
(b) The woman who runs a widow's home.
(c) Koly's roommate.
(d) The rickshaw driver's aunt.

2. What is a Chula?
(a) A quilt of remembrance.
(b) A small stove.
(c) A poem.
(d) A prayer.

3. What does Koly see being placed in the baggage car of the train before they embark on their trip to Varanasi?
(a) Her traveling chest.
(b) Live animals.
(c) Her quilt.
(d) Many urns.

4. What do Koly and the women at the widow's home sometimes do after dinner?
(a) Tanu plays a small harp for them.
(b) They sing.
(c) Koly reads poems to them.
(d) Maa Kamala teaches them to read.

5. What does Sass give Koly to help her work on Chandra's wedding quilt?
(a) A picture of Chandra and Hari as children.
(b) Bright colored thread.
(c) Scraps of material.
(d) A light so she can work at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sass say that she and Koly should stop in Vrindavan on their way to Delhi?

2. What does the doctor recommend to Sass and Sassur in Chapter 2?

3. Why does Koly return to the train station after spending a week in Vrindavan?

4. Who does Koly wait with at the train station on her second visit there?

5. What is Hari given upon arriving at the place where his family stays in Varanasi?

(see the answer key)

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