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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instructions does Sass give Koly before going into town to get her son's medicine?
(a) She says that Koly should take the laundry to the river.
(b) She says that Koly should stay away from Hari.
(c) She says that Koly should pray for Hari's health.
(d) She says that Koly should attend to Hari.

2. What does Hari collect?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Stories.
(c) Leaves and rocks.
(d) Butterflies and bugs.

3. Why does Koly get married?
(a) Her family needs money.
(b) She is in love.
(c) Her family mistreats her and she wants to leave.
(d) She is pregnant.

4. What activity does Koly undertake to remember Hari and to soothe her soul?
(a) She writes a poem.
(b) She plants a mango tree and tends to it.
(c) She sews a special sari.
(d) She makes a quilt.

5. Who attends the school in Koly's town?
(a) Koly's brothers.
(b) Koly.
(c) Koly and her brothers.
(d) Rich boys from other towns.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the crowd react as Hari's dead body is carried past?

2. How does Sass want Koly to help with Hari's breakfast her first morning after the wedding?

3. What does Koly see after Hari's cremation that makes her think of him?

4. What financial impact would Koly's return have on her family?

5. What does Koly see being placed in the baggage car of the train before they embark on their trip to Varanasi?

(see the answer key)

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