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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. How does Sass respond when Koly offers to braid her hair?
(a) She says Koly is too clumsy.
(b) She does not answer and walks away.
(c) She nods her assent, but does not speak.
(d) She sighs and tells Koly that she will never replace Chandra.

2. What are some of the things that Koly does after Chandra leaves to try and please Sass?
(a) Accompanies her to the market each week.
(b) Rises early, sets the fires, and sweeps the courtyard.
(c) Starts a quilt for Sass and Sassur.
(d) Chases away the bandicoot.

3. What finally gives Koly the courage to approach the man in the government office about her pension?
(a) She sees him casually dressed.
(b) She has money she made at the marketplace.
(c) She sees him playing with his son.
(d) She know he respects Sassur for his position at the school.

4. What do Koly and Tanu do for work on Koly's first morning at Maa Kamala's?
(a) They string marigolds for garlands.
(b) They do laundry.
(c) They embroider saris.
(d) They make bangles from beads.

5. Who does Koly stay with on her first night in Vrindavan?
(a) A cow, chickens, and a young girl.
(b) An older widow.
(c) A young boy.
(d) A younger widow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event occurs at Mala's party?

2. Who is Raji?

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

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

5. How does Chandra feel about her marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Sassur stops reading the Tagore book?

2. Describe Koly and Sass's first interaction with the rickshaw driver.

3. Describe Sass's behavior on the train ride to her brother's home.

4. Describe the room that Koly stays in at Maa Kamala's.

5. Describe Raji's plans for the future as he describes them to Koly in Chapter 9.

6. Explain why Sass sells her house.

7. Describe how Koly's feelings of loneliness change after moving in to Maa Kamala's.

8. Describe the losses Koly attempts to deal with in Chapter 6.

9. What happens on the day that Koly sees the rickshaw driver at the train station, before he brings her to the widow's home?

10. Describe Koly's introduction to Maa Kamala's home.

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