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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) Sass's brother dies and leaves her an inheritance.
(c) Sassur loses his job.
(d) Sassur dies.

2. What surprises and confuses Koly on her ride with the benefactor of the widow's home the day after that lady comments on her good embroidery skills?
(a) The air conditioning.
(b) The driver's informal attitude toward the lady.
(c) The widow's moodiness.
(d) The map she is given.

3. What does the benefactor of the widow's home comment on when she is given a tour by Tanu and Koly?
(a) Koly's bangles.
(b) Tanu's bangles.
(c) Tanu's sari.
(d) Koly's quilt.

4. What is a Chula?
(a) A quilt of remembrance.
(b) A prayer.
(c) A poem.
(d) A small stove.

5. What item disappears from Mr. Das's place when the Shrew is working on it?
(a) A wedding veil.
(b) A wedding sari.
(c) A quilt.
(d) A groom's vest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Koly spend her first full week sleeping in Vrindavan?

2. Why does Sassur stop reading Tagore's poems after Chandra is gone?

3. How does Koly feel when it is time to leave Sass's house?

4. Why does Sass say that she and Koly should stop in Vrindavan on their way to Delhi?

5. How does Chandra feel about her marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mala and what is she like?

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

3. Describe Raji's plans for the future as he describes them to Koly in Chapter 9.

4. Describe the room that Koly stays in at Maa Kamala's.

5. Explain why Sassur stops reading the Tagore book?

6. Describe Koly's first day of work stringing marigolds.

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

8. How and why does Koly try to please Sass after Chandra is gone?

9. Explain Sassur's feelings regarding computers.

10. Describe Sass's behavior on the train ride to her brother's home.

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