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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the food in the Mehta household as Sass eats less and less?
(a) Sass allows a boarder to stay and share their meals.
(b) Sass is even stingier with it.
(c) Koly eats more and feels stronger than she has in years.
(d) Sass and Koly share it with the family next door.

2. What does Koly say she hopes will happen if she works very hard after Chandra leaves to get married?
(a) That Sass will start to love her a little.
(b) That the Mehta's house will start to feel like a home.
(c) That Sassur will let her work at the school.
(d) That Sassur will consider finding her a different husband.

3. What does Koly learn about her widow's pension when she goes to the government office in Chapter 6?
(a) It doubled when Chandra left home.
(b) It will end if she leaves the Mehta's home.
(c) It will end if she marries again.
(d) She can only receive it by mail.

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

5. Who tells Koly of Hari's death?
(a) Sassur.
(b) Sass.
(c) Chandra.
(d) Mrs. Lal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Tanu and Koly think of bangle making?

2. What is Koly's first reaction to seeing Varanasi?

3. Who escorts Hari's body to be cremated?

4. What is true of life at the Mehta's home once Chandra is married?

5. What best describes Koly's bandicoot?

(see the answer key)

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