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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 Koly see being placed in the baggage car of the train before they embark on their trip to Varanasi?
(a) Her traveling chest.
(b) Live animals.
(c) Her quilt.
(d) Many urns.

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

3. 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?
(a) She starts to cry.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She embraces Koly.
(d) She pretends not to notice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What gift does Koly give to Hari when she first goes to his room after hearing his bad cough?

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

5. What activity does Koly undertake to remember Hari and to soothe her soul?

(see the answer key)

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