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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Koly's dreams of leaving Sass end in Chapter 7?
(a) Koly becomes ill and dependent on Sass.
(b) Sass becomes ill and Koly cares for her.
(c) She no longer has the silver earrings.
(d) She and Sass become friendly.

2. What object of Hari's does Koly ask Sassur if she can have?
(a) His butterflies.
(b) A school book.
(c) His journal.
(d) A cap.

3. What job is Koly told she will have in Chapter 8?
(a) Cleaning the widow's home.
(b) Washing laundry.
(c) Helping widows at the government office.
(d) Stringing marigolds.

4. What does the doctor say is wrong with Hari?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) He says he doesn't know.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Polio.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chandra feel about her marriage?

2. What makes Koly erupt in a coughing fit while Koly is sitting with him, after she gets permission from Sass to do so?

3. How does the driver of the rickshaw help Koly to get some food?

4. What does Raji tell Koly about his farm?

5. What does Koly hear Sass and Sassur discussing on the evening she overhears them in the courtyard in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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