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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Koly and her new family ride past on the train to Varanasi?
(a) A shrine filled with sick people.
(b) A scribe who reminds Koly of her father.
(c) A bustling market place.
(d) A town near Koly's home town.

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

4. Why does Koly's father sometimes refuse payment for his work?
(a) His clients are very poor.
(b) He believes it is his obligation to help the community.
(c) He is passionate about his work.
(d) He is being blackmailed into it.

5. What do Koly and her mother prepare for Koly's wedding?
(a) A special sari for her new sass.
(b) Traditional dumplings.
(c) A quilt and a sari.
(d) Linen table coverings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sass take Chandra and Koly to town at the end of their first summer together?

2. When Sass finally allows Koly to go sit with Hari, what do they do?

3. Who do Sass and Koly visit in the village one week after Hari's death?

4. How is Hari taken to the river?

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

(see the answer key)

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