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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes the train ride that Koly and Sass take to Delhi?
(a) Relaxed and exciting.
(b) Depressing and smelly.
(c) Crowded and hot.
(d) Loud and exciting.

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

3. What do Koly and Tanu do for work on Koly's first morning at Maa Kamala's?
(a) They make bangles from beads.
(b) They do laundry.
(c) They embroider saris.
(d) They string marigolds for garlands.

4. What does Mr. Das think of Koly's work?
(a) It mimics the style of Guranshi.
(b) It is the best he's seen in years.
(c) It shows little promise.
(d) It's good, but ametuerish.

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

6. What does the benefactor of the widow's home comment on when she is given a tour by Tanu and Koly?
(a) Koly's quilt.
(b) Tanu's sari.
(c) Tanu's bangles.
(d) Koly's bangles.

7. What does the rickshaw driver at the train station tell Koly?
(a) That Sass left on a train.
(b) That the Delhi train is delayed.
(c) That the widow's home in Delhi was burned to the ground.
(d) That Sass was taken in an ambulance.

8. What best describes Koly's bandicoot?
(a) Ugly with tiny eyes and large pointed ears.
(b) Aggressive with an angry black stripe down its middle.
(c) Fearful and thin.
(d) Cuddly and soft with chesnut brown fur.

9. Why does Sassur stop reading Tagore's poems after Chandra is gone?
(a) He gets too busy with his new position at work.
(b) He misses his children and hates his job.
(c) It gets soaks by the heavy rains and must dry for a week.
(d) He has given the book to Chandra's husband.

10. What does the rickshaw driver tell her about widows in Vrindavan?
(a) That they are left all the time.
(b) That they are treated with respect.
(c) That there is much work for them.
(d) That they die quickly.

11. What does Koly do at the temples on her first day alone in Vrindavan?
(a) Steals food from the bins.
(b) Helps a young girl to get food.
(c) Hides in a corner.
(d) Tries to pray.

12. What is a Chula?
(a) A quilt of remembrance.
(b) A small stove.
(c) A prayer.
(d) A poem.

13. What is true of Sassur's job in Chapter 6?
(a) He is stressed by a boss who hates him.
(b) He is promoted.
(c) He cannot keep up with the technology.
(d) He is given a substantial raise.

14. Who does Koly stay with on her first night in Vrindavan?
(a) A younger widow.
(b) A cow, chickens, and a young girl.
(c) An older widow.
(d) A young boy.

15. How does Koly sneak out to go to Mala's party after Maa Kamala tells her that she cannot go?
(a) She says she is going to a movie with Tanu.
(b) She gets Raji to pick her up in the courtyard.
(c) She sneaks out after Maa Kamala is asleep.
(d) She says she is going to a movie with Shrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What life changing event occurs in Chapter 6?

2. What does Koly see at Mala's apartment?

3. Who sends a letter to Sass in Chapter 7?

4. How do Koly and Sass travel in Vrindavan?

5. 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?

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