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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Koly do when she wakes up at Hari's house the first morning after her wedding?
(a) Prays.
(b) Helps Chandra milk the cow.
(c) Joins her new sass in the kitchen.
(d) Takes a walk around the yard.

2. What does Koly think of the cake at the traditional feast?
(a) There was no cake served.
(b) It is her favorite.
(c) It is too cheap to be served at a wedding.
(d) There is too much and it is wasteful.

3. What does the doctor recommend to Sass and Sassur in Chapter 2?
(a) That they take Hari to the famous healer.
(b) That they let Koly accompany Hari on the trip.
(c) That they do not take Hari on the long trip they have planned.
(d) That they take Hari to the healing waters.

4. How does Koly's mother make money?
(a) She is a wash woman.
(b) She teaches.
(c) She makes and sells saris.
(d) She is a medicine woman.

5. Why does the local healer come to see Hari the night before his trip?
(a) To ask a favor.
(b) To deliver herbs for Hari's pain.
(c) To build his strength for the trip the next day.
(d) To accompany Hari on the trip the next day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Hari's ashes scattered?

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

3. How is Hari taken to the river?

4. What does Sassur tell Koly immediately after she learns of Hari's death?

5. What instructions does Sass give Koly before going into town to get her son's medicine?

(see the answer key)

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