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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does the crowd react as Hari's dead body is carried past?
(a) Women moan and men stomp the ground.
(b) They chant.
(c) They make a path.
(d) They seem not to notice.

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

5. Who scolds Hari for being playful in the river?
(a) His father.
(b) Mr. Lal.
(c) The healer.
(d) His mother.

6. What does Koly hear Sass and Sassur discussing on the evening she overhears them in the courtyard in Chapter 5?
(a) Koly's dowry.
(b) Chandra's dowry.
(c) Hari's illness.
(d) Sass's illness.

7. What is Koly's concern about Chandra's new husband?
(a) That he won't be a good match.
(b) That he is too old for her.
(c) That he is too young for her.
(d) That he is disfigured and unable to father children.

8. What activity does Koly undertake to remember Hari and to soothe her soul?
(a) She plants a mango tree and tends to it.
(b) She writes a poem.
(c) She makes a quilt.
(d) She sews a special sari.

9. After Sass returns from getting Hari's medicine, how does she react when she discovers Koly in Hari's room and learns she has given him a remedy?
(a) She embraces Koly.
(b) She pretends not to notice.
(c) She starts to cry.
(d) She is angry.

10. What best describes the mood at the Mehta home right after Hari's death?
(a) Busy from visiting mourners.
(b) Quiet and tense.
(c) Purposeful with preparations for the final spiritual meal.
(d) Painful and loud with angry voices.

11. What is Koly's first impression of her new husband?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is much older than her parents were told.
(c) He is too young and sickly.
(d) He is handsome.

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

13. Why does Chandra think that her match will be a good husband?
(a) Because she said a prayer at the Ganges.
(b) Because she will be a good wife.
(c) Because his family owns so much land.
(d) Because he has a promising future as a teacher.

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

15. What does Chandra tell Koly about Hari's illness?
(a) That he is expected to die.
(b) That her other brother died of the same cause.
(c) That it was very sudden.
(d) That it is not as serious as it appears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chandra ask Koly to do before the family leaves for Varanasi?

2. What does Hari collect?

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

4. Where does Chandra's wedding sari come from?

5. What does Sass give Koly to help her work on Chandra's wedding quilt?

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