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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What activity does Koly undertake to remember Hari and to soothe her soul?
(a) She makes a quilt.
(b) She writes a poem.
(c) She plants a mango tree and tends to it.
(d) She sews a special sari.

2. What best describes Koly's bandicoot?
(a) Ugly with tiny eyes and large pointed ears.
(b) Aggressive with an angry black stripe down its middle.
(c) Fearful and thin.
(d) Cuddly and soft with chesnut brown fur.

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

4. What happens when Koly visits the government office in Vrindavan during her first week in the city?
(a) She is told she can't receive her pension without an address.
(b) She receives her first check only to have it stolen.
(c) She gets her full pension in cash.
(d) She is offered a job.

5. What do Koly and her new family ride past on the train to Varanasi?
(a) A scribe who reminds Koly of her father.
(b) A bustling market place.
(c) A town near Koly's home town.
(d) A shrine filled with sick people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attends the school in Koly's town?

2. Why does Koly get married?

3. What is true of life at the Mehta's home once Chandra is married?

4. What does Koly do when Sass tells her to give Chandra the silver earrings for her wedding day?

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

(see the answer key)

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