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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sass want Koly to help with Hari's breakfast her first morning after the wedding?
(a) She wants Koly to fetch milk and eggs.
(b) She tells Koly to cook breakfast and eat with her husband.
(c) She tells Koly to cook and serve him breakfast.
(d) She does not want Koly to take care of Hari.

2. What does Sassur tell Koly immediately after she learns of Hari's death?
(a) That she will have to return home to her parents.
(b) That they should not have made her marry him.
(c) That she is responsible for his death.
(d) That she would have made a good wife.

3. Where does Koly's wedding ceremony take place?
(a) The bride's home.
(b) The groom's home.
(c) The town center near the well.
(d) The sacred temple.

4. Why does Koly's father tear up on the day of her wedding?
(a) He is sad to see Koly dressed like a woman and getting married.
(b) He is overcome with joy at his daughter's good fortune.
(c) He is grieving the recent loss of his mother.
(d) He is recalling his own wedding.

5. What does Koly's father do for a living?
(a) He is a farmer.
(b) He owns an embroidery shop.
(c) He runs a school for boys.
(d) He is a scribe.

6. What is Koly's role in Chandra's wedding ceremony?
(a) Sister of the bride.
(b) Common servant.
(c) Bearer of gifts.
(d) Flower thrower.

7. What does Chandra tell Koly about Hari's illness?
(a) That it was very sudden.
(b) That it is not as serious as it appears.
(c) That her other brother died of the same cause.
(d) That he is expected to die.

8. Who meets Hari and his family in Varanasi?
(a) Mr. Lal and his wife.
(b) The Patal family.
(c) Mr. Mehta and his wife.
(d) The famous healer.

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

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

11. How does Sassur help Koly after Hari's death?
(a) He takes her to his school to help out.
(b) He finds her a job outside the home.
(c) He defends her to Sass.
(d) He teachers her to read.

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

13. What is Hari given upon arriving at the place where his family stays in Varanasi?
(a) Honey and ginger root.
(b) A glass of water from the Ganges River.
(c) Mango tea.
(d) A special chest rub cream.

14. Why does the local healer come to see Hari the night before his trip?
(a) To ask a favor.
(b) To build his strength for the trip the next day.
(c) To accompany Hari on the trip the next day.
(d) To deliver herbs for Hari's pain.

15. What financial impact would Koly's return have on her family?
(a) It would help them because she would get a widow's fee.
(b) It would be a burden as her brothers now have wives.
(c) It would help them as the Mehta's would repay the dowry.
(d) It would be a burden as her parents would pay a dowry tax.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a doctor called on Hari's first night in Varanasi?

2. How do Chandra and Koly interact in Chapter 4 after Hari's passing?

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

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

5. What is Chandra's response when Koly questions her about the widow's pension?

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