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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Koly feel about working for Mr. Das?
(a) It's important to her.
(b) It is boring, but she is grateful for the money.
(c) She feels stifled.
(d) It's an escape from Maa Kamala's.

2. Why doesn't Maa Kamala allow Koly to go to Mala's party?
(a) She doesn't want Koly to spend time with Mala.
(b) She doesn't want any of her widows to be seen at a party.
(c) She says parties are dangerous for a widow.
(d) She doesn't want Koly to risk losing her job.

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

4. Where does Koly find Sass when she returns from buying their lunches?
(a) Sleeping on a bench.
(b) She doesn't find her.
(c) Praying in the temple.
(d) Talking to a rickshaw driver.

5. How does Koly react when the rickshaw driver tells her that Sass has abandoned her?
(a) She is numb.
(b) She is relieved.
(c) She cries.
(d) She laughs hysterically.

6. What finally gives Koly the courage to approach the man in the government office about her pension?
(a) She know he respects Sassur for his position at the school.
(b) She has money she made at the marketplace.
(c) She sees him casually dressed.
(d) She sees him playing with his son.

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

8. What does Koly see at Mala's apartment?
(a) The bangles that Tanu made and lost.
(b) Spools of thread from Mr. Das's place.
(c) The stolen item from Mr. Das's place.
(d) Raji kissing Mala.

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

10. Why does Maa Kamala keep half of Koly's pay?
(a) To pay for her trouble.
(b) To put into a savings account for Koly.
(c) To pay for beading supplies.
(d) To pay for her living expenses.

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

12. Who does Koly wait with at the train station on her second visit there?
(a) A family waiting for a train.
(b) Sass.
(c) Mr. Lal and his wife.
(d) Her brother.

13. What does Koly think of her first job in Vrindavan?
(a) It is fun and she loses track of time.
(b) It is fun because she makes friends quickly.
(c) It is tedious and painful on her fingers.
(d) It is easy, but the smell is overwhelming.

14. What event occurs at Mala's party?
(a) A man paints a picture of Koly.
(b) Raji tells Koly he is married.
(c) Koly meets a widow and later brings her to Maa Kamala's.
(d) A man puts a drug in Koly's drink.

15. 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) It will end if she leaves the Mehta's home.
(d) She can only receive it by mail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Koly stay with on her first night in Vrindavan?

2. How do Koly and Sass travel in Vrindavan?

3. What best describes Mala?

4. Why does the benefactor of the widow's home say her father started the home?

5. Where does Koly sleep on her first night in Vrindavan?

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