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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 doubled when Chandra left home.
(b) It will end if she marries again.
(c) She can only receive it by mail.
(d) It will end if she leaves the Mehta's home.

2. What does Koly think of the cake at the traditional feast?
(a) It is her favorite.
(b) There is too much and it is wasteful.
(c) It is too cheap to be served at a wedding.
(d) There was no cake served.

3. Why does Koly's father sometimes refuse payment for his work?
(a) He is passionate about his work.
(b) His clients are very poor.
(c) He believes it is his obligation to help the community.
(d) He is being blackmailed into it.

4. In his June letter to Koly, what does Raji tell her he has made for her?
(a) A room where she can embroider.
(b) A poem.
(c) A charpoy.
(d) A rickshaw so she can run the business for him.

5. What does Koly discover about her widow's pension that makes her angry?
(a) It is only half what it would be if Hari was 16.
(b) Half of it is taken in taxes.
(c) The Mehtas are using it to fund Chandra's dowry.
(d) Sass has all the checks sitting in a box.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Koly's role in Chandra's wedding ceremony?

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

3. What does Koly notice as they travel to the temple in Vrindavan?

4. When Sass finally allows Koly to go sit with Hari, what do they do?

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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