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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one reason that Sass gives for being so resentful of Koly?
(a) She is an extra mouth to feed.
(b) Her dowry was too low.
(c) She is a poor cook.
(d) She cannot read.

2. When does Koly work on the activity she undertakes to remember Hari and soothe her soul?
(a) Only late at night.
(b) When she goes to the river.
(c) Early in the morning.
(d) Whenever Sass leaves.

3. Who tells Koly of Hari's death?
(a) Mrs. Lal.
(b) Sassur.
(c) Sass.
(d) Chandra.

4. What strange request does the groom's family make regarding Koly's wedding?
(a) That the wedding take place at the groom's house.
(b) That no one from outside the region is invited.
(c) That the wedding take place before the next full moon.
(d) That Koly's family stay for an entire week.

5. What does Koly do when she wakes up at Hari's house the first morning after her wedding?
(a) Takes a walk around the yard.
(b) Prays.
(c) Joins her new sass in the kitchen.
(d) Helps Chandra milk the cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Koly introduced to the people who host Hari's family in Varanasi?

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

3. How does Koly feel about not being allowed to help Chandra dress on her wedding day?

4. When Sass finally allows Koly to go sit with Hari, what do they do?

5. Why is Koly not allowed to help Chandra dress on her wedding day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Hari and Koly bond in their short first meeting.

2. Sass demands, for the second time, that Koly give her the silver earrings. Explain why keeping these earrings is so important to Koly in Chapter 5.

3. Explain why Hari and his parents are arguing on Koly's second night in her new home.

4. Why does Sass treat Koly so poorly?

5. Describe Koly's first morning as a married woman.

6. Explain Chandra's expectations of her family's trip to the Ganges River.

7. Describe the evening of, and the events leading up to, Hari's death.

8. Describe the events that lead up to an envelope with Koly's name arriving at the Mehta's house each month.

9. Explain what Hari's doctor has to say about the family's trip to the Ganges, and his parents' response.

10. How is Hari's death addressed?

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