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

2. What activity does Koly undertake to remember Hari and to soothe her soul?
(a) She makes a quilt.
(b) She sews a special sari.
(c) She writes a poem.
(d) She plants a mango tree and tends to it.

3. Where are Hari's ashes scattered?
(a) Over the Ganges.
(b) In a sacred spot next to the Ganges.
(c) At his home.
(d) They are not scattered, they are put into an urn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Koly's prospective father-in-law want before he takes her to meet his son?

3. What does Hari collect?

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

5. What does Koly do when she wakes up at Hari's house the first morning after her wedding?

(see the answer key)

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