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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sass want Koly to help with Hari's breakfast her first morning after the wedding?
(a) She tells Koly to cook breakfast and eat with her husband.
(b) She wants Koly to fetch milk and eggs.
(c) She tells Koly to cook and serve him breakfast.
(d) She does not want Koly to take care of Hari.

2. What does Koly embroider on the quilt that she makes for Chandra's wedding gift?
(a) A scene from a Tagore poem.
(b) Pictures of Hari and Chandra as children.
(c) Memories of the good times the two girls shared.
(d) The silver earrings.

3. What does the doctor say is wrong with Hari?
(a) He says he doesn't know.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Polio.

4. What significant event occurs at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Sassur loses his teaching position.
(b) Sass receives an inheritance.
(c) It is announced that Koly will be returned to her parents.
(d) It is announced that Chandra will marry.

5. What happens when Koly visits the government office in Vrindavan during her first week in the city?
(a) She receives her first check only to have it stolen.
(b) She gets her full pension in cash.
(c) She is offered a job.
(d) She is told she can't receive her pension without an address.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sass respond when Koly offers to braid her hair?

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

3. What item disappears from Mr. Das's place when the Shrew is working on it?

4. Where does Koly's wedding ceremony take place?

5. Why does Koly have a hard time sleeping her first night in Vrindavan?

(see the answer key)

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