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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises and confuses Koly on her ride with the benefactor of the widow's home the day after that lady comments on her good embroidery skills?
(a) The air conditioning.
(b) The widow's moodiness.
(c) The driver's informal attitude toward the lady.
(d) The map she is given.

2. How does the driver of the rickshaw help Koly to get some food?
(a) He directs her to a farmer.
(b) He sends her to a field full of bilberries.
(c) He gives her his lunch.
(d) He directs her to the monks.

3. Who gives Tanu and Koly the beads to make into bangles?
(a) The jewelry vendor at the marketplace.
(b) Maa Kamala.
(c) Raji.
(d) The benefactor at the widow's home.

4. What do Tanu and Koly think of bangle making?
(a) Koly likes it and Tanu finds it boring.
(b) Both girls love the challenge.
(c) Tanu likes it and Koly finds it boring.
(d) Both girls find it painful.

5. What does Sass give Koly while they are in Vrindavan?
(a) An address.
(b) The silver earrings.
(c) 50 rupees.
(d) A name and phone number.

6. Where does Koly go when she sneaks away from Maa Kamala's to meet Raji?
(a) To a river.
(b) To the site of his future factory.
(c) To his stand at the market.
(d) To a temple.

7. What happens to the stray dog in Chapter 6?
(a) Koly trains it and they make money in the marketplace.
(b) It is hit by a rickshaw and dies.
(c) Sass chases it away.
(d) It has pups that Koly sells for money.

8. Why does Koly return to the train station after spending a week in Vrindavan?
(a) To buy a ticket.
(b) To start work.
(c) To look for Sass.
(d) To bring a package to a government official.

9. What happens to the food in the Mehta household as Sass eats less and less?
(a) Sass is even stingier with it.
(b) Koly eats more and feels stronger than she has in years.
(c) Sass and Koly share it with the family next door.
(d) Sass allows a boarder to stay and share their meals.

10. What does Chandra tell Koly about her new husband?
(a) He is lazy.
(b) He makes good money.
(c) He works late every night.
(d) He is cruel.

11. Who does Koly see at the train station when she returns a week after being abandoned by Sass?
(a) The rickshaw driver.
(b) Sass.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Mr. Lal and his wife.

12. What happens when Sass decides to sell the Tagore book for some extra money?
(a) Koly gives her the silver earrings instead.
(b) Koly hides it from her.
(c) She discovers money in the back flap.
(d) It is stolen in town before she can sell it.

13. Where does Koly spend her first full week sleeping in Vrindavan?
(a) On the same spot she spent her first night.
(b) At the train station.
(c) At the temple.
(d) Behind the farmer's barn on his haystack.

14. What item disappears from Mr. Das's place when the Shrew is working on it?
(a) A groom's vest.
(b) A wedding veil.
(c) A wedding sari.
(d) A quilt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Koly and Sass travel in Vrindavan?

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

3. What does Koly learn about her widow's pension when she goes to the government office in Chapter 6?

4. What best describes Mala?

5. Why do Koly's dreams of leaving Sass end in Chapter 7?

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