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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Koly do each morning after Chandra is gone?
(a) Plays a tune on the small lute.
(b) Sets a place for her at the table.
(c) Reads a poem to Sassur.
(d) Makes a puja at the kitchen shrine.

3. What does Koly see being placed in the baggage car of the train before they embark on their trip to Varanasi?
(a) Her quilt.
(b) Her traveling chest.
(c) Live animals.
(d) Many urns.

4. What importance do the bandicoot and stray dog have for Koly in Chapter 6?
(a) She names then for Hari and Chandra.
(b) They represent the abundance of food.
(c) She becomes a teacher as she trains them.
(d) They are her only friends.

5. What do Koly and Tanu do for work on Koly's first morning at Maa Kamala's?
(a) They do laundry.
(b) They string marigolds for garlands.
(c) They make bangles from beads.
(d) They embroider saris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Koly and her new family ride past on the train to Varanasi?

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

3. Who gives Tanu and Koly the beads to make into bangles?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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