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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the food in the Mehta household as Sass eats less and less?
(a) Sass and Koly share it with the family next door.
(b) Koly eats more and feels stronger than she has in years.
(c) Sass allows a boarder to stay and share their meals.
(d) Sass is even stingier with it.

2. What do Sass and Koly do when they go to the village one week after Hari's death?
(a) Deliver a message.
(b) Fill out papers.
(c) Order a sari.
(d) Obtain a package.

3. Who sends a letter to Sass in Chapter 7?
(a) The government.
(b) Chandra.
(c) A business man in Delhi.
(d) Her brother.

4. Why does Raji tell Koly he is living in the city?
(a) To start a factory with his uncle.
(b) To make money to send to his wife.
(c) To help his mother.
(d) To save money for seeds.

5. What is a Chula?
(a) A poem.
(b) A prayer.
(c) A small stove.
(d) A quilt of remembrance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Koly return to the train station after spending a week in Vrindavan?

2. Why does Sassur stop reading Tagore's poems after Chandra is gone?

3. What does Chandra tell Koly about her new husband?

4. Why does Chandra think that her match will be a good husband?

5. What does the rickshaw driver tell her about widows in Vrindavan?

(see the answer key)

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