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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Koly learn about her widow's pension when she goes to the government office in Chapter 6?
(a) It will end if she marries again.
(b) She can only receive it by mail.
(c) It will end if she leaves the Mehta's home.
(d) It doubled when Chandra left home.

2. What does Koly see being placed in the baggage car of the train before they embark on their trip to Varanasi?
(a) Live animals.
(b) Many urns.
(c) Her quilt.
(d) Her traveling chest.

3. Where does Koly spend her first full week sleeping in Vrindavan?
(a) On the same spot she spent her first night.
(b) Behind the farmer's barn on his haystack.
(c) At the temple.
(d) At the train station.

4. Where does Hari tell Koly his parents are planning to take him?
(a) The Ganges River.
(b) His grandfather's town.
(c) School.
(d) To a famous healer.

5. What does Koly notice as they travel to the temple in Vrindavan?
(a) Many women selling saris.
(b) Healers on every corner.
(c) Many women selling quilts.
(d) Many widows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes the train ride that Koly and Sass take to Delhi?

2. What is Sass's response when Koly demands to receive her widow's pension?

3. What does Hari collect?

4. In his June letter to Koly, what does Raji tell her he has made for her?

5. What does Koly's father give her before leaving her at her new home?

(see the answer key)

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