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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes the train ride that Koly and Sass take to Delhi?
(a) Relaxed and exciting.
(b) Loud and exciting.
(c) Crowded and hot.
(d) Depressing and smelly.

2. How does Koly feel about the silver earrings after learning how her widow's pension has been used?
(a) She is angry that she gave them to Chandra, but does nothing.
(b) She stops feeling guilty about not giving them to Chandra.
(c) She decides to give them to Chandra after all.
(d) She is angry and takes them back from Chandra.

3. Why does Sass say that she and Koly should stop in Vrindavan on their way to Delhi?
(a) To visit a healer.
(b) To see the temples and pray.
(c) To pick up a package.
(d) To contact a man.

4. Why does Chandra visit her parents' home in the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) To get a bassinet from a neighbor.
(b) Because Sassur is gravely ill.
(c) For Sassur's funeral.
(d) He husband has business nearby.

5. How is Hari's body prepared for its final trip to the Ganges after his death?
(a) His toes and fingers are tied together.
(b) It is painted with bright dyes to guide his spirit.
(c) It is wrapped in clothes and covered in marigolds.
(d) It is blessed with scented oils and left naked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sassur described as being sad so often in Chapter 4?

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

3. What does the doctor say is wrong with Hari?

4. Why do Koly's dreams of leaving Sass end in Chapter 7?

5. Why does the local healer come to see Hari the night before his trip?

(see the answer key)

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