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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. Who scolds Hari for being playful in the river?
(a) The healer.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Mr. Lal.

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

3. Why is Sassur described as being sad so often in Chapter 4?
(a) Because he may lose his teaching position.
(b) Because Chandra is showing signs of illness.
(c) Because Sassur is showing signs of illness.
(d) Because his students treat him poorly.

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

5. What do Sass and Koly do when they go to the village one week after Hari's death?
(a) Fill out papers.
(b) Obtain a package.
(c) Deliver a message.
(d) Order a sari.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Koly hear Sass and Sassur discussing on the evening she overhears them in the courtyard in Chapter 5?

2. What does Koly's father give her before leaving her at her new home?

3. How is Hari taken to the river?

4. What is Sass's response when Koly demands to receive her widow's pension?

5. Where does Chandra's wedding sari come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sass justify her refusal to give Koly her pension money when Koly tells her she wants it?

2. Explain how Hari and Koly bond in their short first meeting.

3. Describe Koly's wedding gift to Chandra.

4. Explain the reaction of Koly's parents to their first meeting with the Mehtas.

5. Describe the evening of, and the events leading up to, Hari's death.

6. What is Koly's relationship with Sassur like in Chapter 4, after Hari's death?

7. Explain why Hari and his parents are arguing on Koly's second night in her new home.

8. In Chapter 2, Koly learns details of her marriage and Hari's illness from Chandra that greatly upset her. Explain.

9. Tell about Koly's first meeting with her new husband.

10. What happens when Koly and the Mehtas arrive in Varanasi that indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Mehta are embarrassed that they married Hari so young and for the money?

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