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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Koly and the women at the widow's home sometimes do after dinner?
(a) Koly reads poems to them.
(b) Tanu plays a small harp for them.
(c) Maa Kamala teaches them to read.
(d) They sing.

2. Where does Koly go when she sneaks away from Maa Kamala's to meet Raji?
(a) To his stand at the market.
(b) To a river.
(c) To the site of his future factory.
(d) To a temple.

3. What is true of Sassur after Chandra leaves to get married?
(a) He gets the same illness that Hari had.
(b) He starts to stand up to Sass.
(c) He is depressed and hates his job.
(d) He starts to enjoy his work.

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

5. What is true of life at the Mehta's home once Chandra is married?
(a) Sass is bitter and Sassur is depressed.
(b) There is twice as much work for Koly.
(c) Sass begins to open up to Koly.
(d) There is now enough for everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What finally gives Koly the courage to approach the man in the government office about her pension?

2. How does Koly feel at Maa Kamala's home?

3. Who meets Hari and his family in Varanasi?

4. How does Koly begin to help Raji after he hears her read the poem of the homeless bird?

5. What does Koly see in the marketplace on her way home from the government office in Chapter 6?

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