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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do Sass and Sassur argue after the doctor's visit in Chapter 2?
(a) They disagree on plans to take Chandra on the trip.
(b) Sass wants Koly to go on the trip and Sassur does not.
(c) They disagree on plans to take Hari on the trip.
(d) Sassur wants Koly to go on the trip and Sass does not.

3. What is Koly's first reaction to seeing Varanasi?
(a) She feels cramped by the busy city.
(b) She is disgusted by the filth.
(c) She is amazed by the shrines and temples.
(d) She is afraid and homesick.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Hari taken to the river?

2. What makes Koly erupt in a coughing fit while Koly is sitting with him, after she gets permission from Sass to do so?

3. What is Hari given upon arriving at the place where his family stays in Varanasi?

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

5. How does Koly travel to meet her groom?

(see the answer key)

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