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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 her favorite.
(c) It is too cheap to be served at a wedding.
(d) There was no cake served.

2. What financial impact would Koly's return have on her family?
(a) It would help them because she would get a widow's fee.
(b) It would be a burden as her brothers now have wives.
(c) It would be a burden as her parents would pay a dowry tax.
(d) It would help them as the Mehta's would repay the dowry.

3. What object of Hari's does Koly ask Sassur if she can have?
(a) His journal.
(b) A cap.
(c) A school book.
(d) His butterflies.

4. What significant event occurs at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Sass receives an inheritance.
(b) Sassur loses his teaching position.
(c) It is announced that Koly will be returned to her parents.
(d) It is announced that Chandra will marry.

5. When does Koly work on the activity she undertakes to remember Hari and soothe her soul?
(a) Whenever Sass leaves.
(b) When she goes to the river.
(c) Only late at night.
(d) Early in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sassur help Koly after Hari's death?

2. After Koly hears Hari arguing with his parents on her first day in their home, what does Sass tell her that Hari wants?

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?

4. What does Chandra tell Koly about her dowry?

5. What does Chandra tell Koly about Hari's illness?

(see the answer key)

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