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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What financial impact would Koly's return have on her family?
(a) It would help them as the Mehta's would repay the dowry.
(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 because she would get a widow's fee.

2. What does Sass give to Koly after Hari's death?
(a) A train ticket.
(b) A black cotton sari.
(c) Money.
(d) A white cotton sari.

3. What makes Koly erupt in a coughing fit while Koly is sitting with him, after she gets permission from Sass to do so?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Food he is eating.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Pollen from flowers.

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

5. Each month after Hari's death, an envelope arrives in the mail for Koly. What is it?
(a) Koly doesn't know as Sassur takes it.
(b) An application for factory work.
(c) An application for a travel document.
(d) Koly doesn't know as Sass takes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Koly feel as she watches Chandra leave with her new husband?

2. What remedy does Koly give Hari for his cough during their first meeting after being married?

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

4. Where are Hari's ashes scattered?

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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