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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sass do to make money for her and Koly to live on?
(a) Hires Koly out as a servant.
(b) Sells her own possessions.
(c) Sells the widow's sari she had given to Koly.
(d) Does laundry.

2. Why does Koly have a hard time sleeping her first night in Vrindavan?
(a) She is worried about money and her situation.
(b) She is making a plan for the next day.
(c) The traffic and drunks are very loud.
(d) It rains very hard and she is wet.

3. Why does Sass say that she and Koly should stop in Vrindavan on their way to Delhi?
(a) To visit a healer.
(b) To pick up a package.
(c) To contact a man.
(d) To see the temples and pray.

4. Who does Koly wait with at the train station on her second visit there?
(a) Mr. Lal and his wife.
(b) Sass.
(c) A family waiting for a train.
(d) Her brother.

5. What happens to the stray dog in Chapter 6?
(a) Koly trains it and they make money in the marketplace.
(b) It is hit by a rickshaw and dies.
(c) It has pups that Koly sells for money.
(d) Sass chases it away.

6. How does Koly feel when it is time to leave Sass's house?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Sad.
(c) At peace.
(d) Excited.

7. Why does Chandra visit her parents' home in the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Because Sassur is gravely ill.
(b) To get a bassinet from a neighbor.
(c) He husband has business nearby.
(d) For Sassur's funeral.

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

9. What does Chandra tell Koly about her new husband?
(a) He makes good money.
(b) He is lazy.
(c) He is cruel.
(d) He works late every night.

10. What is true of Sassur after Chandra leaves to get married?
(a) He is depressed and hates his job.
(b) He starts to enjoy his work.
(c) He gets the same illness that Hari had.
(d) He starts to stand up to Sass.

11. What does Koly think of her first job in Vrindavan?
(a) It is fun because she makes friends quickly.
(b) It is fun and she loses track of time.
(c) It is easy, but the smell is overwhelming.
(d) It is tedious and painful on her fingers.

12. What does Mr. Das think of Koly's work?
(a) It mimics the style of Guranshi.
(b) It shows little promise.
(c) It's good, but ametuerish.
(d) It is the best he's seen in years.

13. How does Koly begin to help Raji after he hears her read the poem of the homeless bird?
(a) By helping him in his garden.
(b) By teaching him to read.
(c) By helping keep track of his worker's hours.
(d) By giving him food.

14. Why does Raji tell Koly he is living in the city?
(a) To start a factory with his uncle.
(b) To make money to send to his wife.
(c) To help his mother.
(d) To save money for seeds.

15. Where does Koly go when she sneaks away from Maa Kamala's to meet Raji?
(a) To his stand at the market.
(b) To a temple.
(c) To a river.
(d) To the site of his future factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Koly see at the train station when she returns a week after being abandoned by Sass?

2. How does Sass respond when Koly offers to braid her hair?

3. How do Koly and Sass travel in Vrindavan?

4. What best describes Koly's bandicoot?

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

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