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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the spot where Koly sleeps on her first night in Vrindavan a good one, according to the person she stays with?
(a) It will keep the rain away.
(b) No one will see her.
(c) The owners will hand out food.
(d) It is close to the temple.

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

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

4. Why doesn't Maa Kamala allow Koly to go to Mala's party?
(a) She doesn't want Koly to risk losing her job.
(b) She says parties are dangerous for a widow.
(c) She doesn't want any of her widows to be seen at a party.
(d) She doesn't want Koly to spend time with Mala.

5. How does the driver of the rickshaw help Koly to get some food?
(a) He directs her to a farmer.
(b) He directs her to the monks.
(c) He gives her his lunch.
(d) He sends her to a field full of bilberries.

6. Who gives Tanu and Koly the beads to make into bangles?
(a) The benefactor at the widow's home.
(b) The jewelry vendor at the marketplace.
(c) Maa Kamala.
(d) Raji.

7. Where does Koly spend her first full week sleeping in Vrindavan?
(a) At the temple.
(b) At the train station.
(c) Behind the farmer's barn on his haystack.
(d) On the same spot she spent her first night.

8. What does Koly see at Mala's apartment?
(a) Raji kissing Mala.
(b) The bangles that Tanu made and lost.
(c) Spools of thread from Mr. Das's place.
(d) The stolen item from Mr. Das's place.

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

10. What is true of Sass during Chandra's first visit home?
(a) She is in good spirits.
(b) She tends to Sassur constantly.
(c) She keeps busy making baby shoes.
(d) She is sickly.

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

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

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

14. What does Koly notice as they travel to the temple in Vrindavan?
(a) Many widows.
(b) Healers on every corner.
(c) Many women selling saris.
(d) Many women selling quilts.

15. After Mr. Das chastises Koly for copying someone else's design, what does she embroider for him?
(a) Silver earrings.
(b) The Ganges and a funeral procession.
(c) A mango tree.
(d) A heron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Koly and the women at the widow's home sometimes do after dinner?

2. What does Sass give Koly while they are in Vrindavan?

3. What best describes the train ride that Koly and Sass take to Delhi?

4. What do Tanu and Koly think of bangle making?

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

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