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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Koly feel at Maa Kamala's home?
(a) Safe.
(b) Overwhelmed.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Suffocated.

3. Where does Koly find food and a bed in Vrindavan?
(a) At the home of the man who runs the government office.
(b) At the rickshaw driver's aunt's home.
(c) In a room above the government office.
(d) At the widow's home.

4. Why does Sassur stop reading Tagore's poems after Chandra is gone?
(a) He has given the book to Chandra's husband.
(b) He misses his children and hates his job.
(c) He gets too busy with his new position at work.
(d) It gets soaks by the heavy rains and must dry for a week.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Koly and her mother prepare for Koly's wedding?

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

4. What does Koly do when she wakes up at Hari's house the first morning after her wedding?

5. What does Koly think of the cake at the traditional feast?

(see the answer key)

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