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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Tanu and Koly think of bangle making?
(a) Tanu likes it and Koly finds it boring.
(b) Both girls find it painful.
(c) Koly likes it and Tanu finds it boring.
(d) Both girls love the challenge.

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

3. Why does Koly return to the train station after spending a week in Vrindavan?
(a) To buy a ticket.
(b) To start work.
(c) To look for Sass.
(d) To bring a package to a government official.

4. Why do Sass and Sassur argue after the doctor's visit in Chapter 2?
(a) They disagree on plans to take Chandra on the trip.
(b) Sass wants Koly to go on the trip and Sassur does not.
(c) They disagree on plans to take Hari on the trip.
(d) Sassur wants Koly to go on the trip and Sass does not.

5. What do Koly and Tanu do for work on Koly's first morning at Maa Kamala's?
(a) They string marigolds for garlands.
(b) They make bangles from beads.
(c) They do laundry.
(d) They embroider saris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hari collect?

2. What job is Koly told she will have in Chapter 8?

3. Why does Chandra visit her parents' home in the beginning of Chapter 7?

4. What instructions does Sass give Koly before going into town to get her son's medicine?

5. What makes Koly happy about her arrangement with Mr. Das at the end of the story?

(see the answer key)

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