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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Koly's mother make money?
(a) She teaches.
(b) She is a wash woman.
(c) She is a medicine woman.
(d) She makes and sells saris.

2. What do Koly and the women at the widow's home sometimes do after dinner?
(a) They sing.
(b) Maa Kamala teaches them to read.
(c) Koly reads poems to them.
(d) Tanu plays a small harp for them.

3. What instructions does Sass give Koly before going into town to get her son's medicine?
(a) She says that Koly should stay away from Hari.
(b) She says that Koly should attend to Hari.
(c) She says that Koly should pray for Hari's health.
(d) She says that Koly should take the laundry to the river.

4. What significant event occurs at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) It is announced that Chandra will marry.
(b) Sass receives an inheritance.
(c) It is announced that Koly will be returned to her parents.
(d) Sassur loses his teaching position.

5. What is Chandra's response when Koly questions her about the widow's pension?
(a) Gratitude that Koly is now taken care of.
(b) Anger that Koly would mention it.
(c) Surprise that Koly didn't know about it.
(d) Surprise because Chandra didn't know about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Koly tell Raji she will marry him?

2. Who accompanies Koly to her prospective husband's home?

3. How does Koly feel when it is time to leave Sass's house?

4. What do Koly and her new family ride past on the train to Varanasi?

5. What activity does Koly undertake to remember Hari and to soothe her soul?

(see the answer key)

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