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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is true of Sassur's job in Chapter 6?
(a) He is promoted.
(b) He is given a substantial raise.
(c) He is stressed by a boss who hates him.
(d) He cannot keep up with the technology.

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

3. What happens to the food in the Mehta household as Sass eats less and less?
(a) Koly eats more and feels stronger than she has in years.
(b) Sass and Koly share it with the family next door.
(c) Sass is even stingier with it.
(d) Sass allows a boarder to stay and share their meals.

4. Who is Tanu?
(a) The woman who sells marigold garlands.
(b) An elderly widow.
(c) A worker at the government office.
(d) Koly's roommate.

5. Why is it so important to Koly to hold on to her silver earrings?
(a) They are a wedding gift from Hari.
(b) She wants to use them to run away.
(c) They are a memory of home.
(d) She plans to trade them for a wedding gift for Chandra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Koly's first impression of her new husband?

2. Why does Sass take Chandra and Koly to town at the end of their first summer together?

3. Why does the rickshaw driver leave Koly at the train station in the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. What does Koly learn about her widow's pension when she goes to the government office in Chapter 6?

5. After Mr. Das chastises Koly for copying someone else's design, what does she embroider for him?

(see the answer key)

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