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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who scolds Hari for being playful in the river?
(a) Mr. Lal.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) The healer.

2. What does Sassur tell Koly immediately after she learns of Hari's death?
(a) That she is responsible for his death.
(b) That she will have to return home to her parents.
(c) That she would have made a good wife.
(d) That they should not have made her marry him.

3. Where does Hari tell Koly his parents are planning to take him?
(a) The Ganges River.
(b) To a famous healer.
(c) His grandfather's town.
(d) School.

4. How does the crowd react as Hari's dead body is carried past?
(a) They make a path.
(b) Women moan and men stomp the ground.
(c) They seem not to notice.
(d) They chant.

5. What does Koly's father do for a living?
(a) He is a scribe.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He runs a school for boys.
(d) He owns an embroidery shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Koly's father tear up on the day of her wedding?

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

3. Why does Koly begin to enjoy her clothes washing time at the river after Hari's death in Chapter 4?

4. What does Sass give to Koly after Hari's death?

5. After Sass returns from getting Hari's medicine, how does she react when she discovers Koly in Hari's room and learns she has given him a remedy?

(see the answer key)

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