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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 life changing event occurs in Chapter 6?
(a) Koly's father dies and she returns home.
(b) Sassur dies.
(c) Sassur loses his job.
(d) Sass's brother dies and leaves her an inheritance.

2. How does Koly react when the rickshaw driver tells her that Sass has abandoned her?
(a) She is relieved.
(b) She cries.
(c) She laughs hysterically.
(d) She is numb.

3. What does the rickshaw driver tell her about widows in Vrindavan?
(a) That there is much work for them.
(b) That they die quickly.
(c) That they are left all the time.
(d) That they are treated with respect.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Koly and Tanu do for work on Koly's first morning at Maa Kamala's?

2. Who gives Tanu and Koly the beads to make into bangles?

3. How does Koly begin to help Raji after he hears her read the poem of the homeless bird?

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

5. What event occurs at Mala's party?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain how Koly ends up in possession of the Tagore book.

3. Who is Mala and what is she like?

4. Explain Sassur's feelings regarding computers.

5. Describe Chandra's feelings about her marriage in Chapter 7.

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

7. Explain why the benefactor funds the widow's home where Koly stays.

8. Describe the service run by Maa Kamala's.

9. Explain how Tagore is important to Koly in Chapter 9.

10. Describe Koly's first day at Mr. Das's shop.

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