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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Koly's mother make money?
(a) She makes and sells saris.
(b) She is a medicine woman.
(c) She is a wash woman.
(d) She teaches.

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

4. Each month after Hari's death, an envelope arrives in the mail for Koly. What is it?
(a) An application for factory work.
(b) An application for a travel document.
(c) Koly doesn't know as Sass takes it.
(d) Koly doesn't know as Sassur takes it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Hari and his family in Varanasi?

2. How does the crowd react as Hari's dead body is carried past?

3. Why is Sassur described as being sad so often in Chapter 4?

4. What job is Koly told she will have in Chapter 8?

5. Where does Koly find Sass when she returns from buying their lunches?

(see the answer key)

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