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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 the rickshaw driver at the train station tell Koly?
(a) That Sass was taken in an ambulance.
(b) That Sass left on a train.
(c) That the Delhi train is delayed.
(d) That the widow's home in Delhi was burned to the ground.

2. How does Koly travel to meet her groom?
(a) She walks.
(b) On a bus.
(c) By rickshaw.
(d) On a train.

3. How is Hari's body prepared for its final trip to the Ganges after his death?
(a) His toes and fingers are tied together.
(b) It is wrapped in clothes and covered in marigolds.
(c) It is painted with bright dyes to guide his spirit.
(d) It is blessed with scented oils and left naked.

4. After Koly hears Hari arguing with his parents on her first day in their home, what does Sass tell her that Hari wants?
(a) For Koly to accompany him on his trip.
(b) For Koly to sleep in his room at night.
(c) For Koly to stay with Chandra.
(d) For Koly to listen to him read.

5. What does Koly embroider on the quilt that she makes for Chandra's wedding gift?
(a) A scene from a Tagore poem.
(b) Pictures of Hari and Chandra as children.
(c) Memories of the good times the two girls shared.
(d) The silver earrings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a doctor called on Hari's first night in Varanasi?

2. How does Chandra feel about her marriage?

3. What happens when Koly visits the government office in Vrindavan during her first week in the city?

4. Why does the local healer come to see Hari the night before his trip?

5. When does Koly work on the activity she undertakes to remember Hari and soothe her soul?

(see the answer key)

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