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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hari collect?
(a) Leaves and rocks.
(b) Butterflies and bugs.
(c) Stamps.
(d) Stories.

2. What is Koly's first impression of her new husband?
(a) He is too young and sickly.
(b) He is handsome.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is much older than her parents were told.

3. What is Koly's first reaction to seeing Varanasi?
(a) She is amazed by the shrines and temples.
(b) She feels cramped by the busy city.
(c) She is afraid and homesick.
(d) She is disgusted by the filth.

4. What does Koly imagine doing as she daydreams in Chapter 4?
(a) Returning to her parents' home.
(b) Having a good husband and a child.
(c) Selling her quilts to support herself.
(d) Living with only Chandra.

5. How is Hari taken to the river?
(a) He is carried on a cot.
(b) He is carried by his father and Mr. Lal.
(c) He is carried in a rickshaw.
(d) He walks with the help of his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who escorts Hari's body to be cremated?

2. Where do Sassur and Chandra go on Koly's first day in their home?

3. What makes Koly erupt in a coughing fit while Koly is sitting with him, after she gets permission from Sass to do so?

4. What does the doctor recommend to Sass and Sassur in Chapter 2?

5. Who meets Hari and his family in Varanasi?

(see the answer key)

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