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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 Chandra ask Koly to do before the family leaves for Varanasi?
(a) Let her keep the silver earrings if Hari dies.
(b) Give him some honey when Sass is not looking.
(c) Bring her back some water from the river.
(d) Put a marigold garland on Hari if he dies.

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

3. Who escorts Hari's body to be cremated?
(a) The Lals and the Mehtas.
(b) His parents and his wife.
(c) The men.
(d) His parents.

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

5. What does Koly do when she wakes up at Hari's house the first morning after her wedding?
(a) Prays.
(b) Helps Chandra milk the cow.
(c) Joins her new sass in the kitchen.
(d) Takes a walk around the yard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Koly imagine doing as she daydreams in Chapter 4?

3. Why does Koly begin to enjoy her clothes washing time at the river after Hari's death in Chapter 4?

4. When does Koly work on the activity she undertakes to remember Hari and soothe her soul?

5. What does the doctor recommend to Sass and Sassur in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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