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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Sass want Koly to help with Hari's breakfast her first morning after the wedding?
(a) She tells Koly to cook and serve him breakfast.
(b) She wants Koly to fetch milk and eggs.
(c) She tells Koly to cook breakfast and eat with her husband.
(d) She does not want Koly to take care of Hari.

3. What does Koly hear Sass and Sassur discussing on the evening she overhears them in the courtyard in Chapter 5?
(a) Sass's illness.
(b) Koly's dowry.
(c) Chandra's dowry.
(d) Hari's illness.

4. What best describes the mood at the Mehta home right after Hari's death?
(a) Quiet and tense.
(b) Painful and loud with angry voices.
(c) Busy from visiting mourners.
(d) Purposeful with preparations for the final spiritual meal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What object of Hari's does Koly ask Sassur if she can have?

2. How is Koly introduced to the people who host Hari's family in Varanasi?

3. Why does Koly's father sometimes refuse payment for his work?

4. Why is Sassur described as being sad so often in Chapter 4?

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

(see the answer key)

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