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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Chandra and Koly interact in Chapter 4 after Hari's passing?
(a) The two don't speak anymore.
(b) Koly resents Chandra's laziness.
(c) Chandra resents Koly's presence in the home.
(d) They are good friends and close.

2. Who accompanies Koly to her prospective husband's home?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her father and her brothers.
(c) Her parents and brothers.
(d) Just her father.

3. Who attends the school in Koly's town?
(a) Koly's brothers.
(b) Rich boys from other towns.
(c) Koly.
(d) Koly and her brothers.

4. What gift does Koly give to Hari when she first goes to his room after hearing his bad cough?
(a) Flowers from the Mango tree.
(b) Fruit from the Mango tree.
(c) A groom's sash she has embroidered.
(d) A lovely leaf.

5. How is Koly introduced to the people who host Hari's family in Varanasi?
(a) She is introduced as Hari's sister.
(b) She is introduced as a servant.
(c) She is introduced as Hari's wife.
(d) They do not mention her at all.

6. Why is it so important to Koly to hold on to her silver earrings?
(a) She plans to trade them for a wedding gift for Chandra.
(b) They are a wedding gift from Hari.
(c) She wants to use them to run away.
(d) They are a memory of home.

7. What does Koly do when Sass tells her to give Chandra the silver earrings for her wedding day?
(a) She lies and says she has lost them.
(b) She gives them to Chandra.
(c) She spits on the ground.
(d) She refuses and walks away.

8. Why does Koly get married?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) Her family needs money.
(c) She is in love.
(d) Her family mistreats her and she wants to leave.

9. What does Chandra tell Koly about her dowry?
(a) The dowry will pay for a famous healer.
(b) The dowry was more than the family expected.
(c) The dowry was less than the family expected.
(d) The dowry will pay to bring Hari to healing waters.

10. What do Koly and her new family ride past on the train to Varanasi?
(a) A scribe who reminds Koly of her father.
(b) A town near Koly's home town.
(c) A bustling market place.
(d) A shrine filled with sick people.

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

12. What does Koly see after Hari's cremation that makes her think of him?
(a) A dove.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A boy.
(d) A cloud.

13. What does Chandra ask Koly to do before the family leaves for Varanasi?
(a) Put a marigold garland on Hari if he dies.
(b) Bring her back some water from the river.
(c) Give him some honey when Sass is not looking.
(d) Let her keep the silver earrings if Hari dies.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Koly feel about the silver earrings after learning how her widow's pension has been used?

2. Why does Chandra think that her match will be a good husband?

3. After Koly hears Hari arguing with his parents on her first day in their home, what does Sass tell her that Hari wants?

4. Why does Koly's father sometimes refuse payment for his work?

5. What is Koly told about the husband her parents have chosen for her?

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