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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Raji?
(a) Maa Kamala's son.
(b) The marigold garland vendor.
(c) The jewelry vendor.
(d) The rickshaw driver.

3. Why does Koly have a hard time sleeping her first night in Vrindavan?
(a) She is making a plan for the next day.
(b) It rains very hard and she is wet.
(c) The traffic and drunks are very loud.
(d) She is worried about money and her situation.

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

5. What does Koly do each morning after Chandra is gone?
(a) Sets a place for her at the table.
(b) Reads a poem to Sassur.
(c) Plays a tune on the small lute.
(d) Makes a puja at the kitchen shrine.

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

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

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

9. What does Koly tell Chandra she wants to do during Chandra's first visit home after her marriage?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Run away.
(c) Keep Chandra with her.
(d) Make a quilt for her child.

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

11. Why does Raji tell Koly he is living in the city?
(a) To make money to send to his wife.
(b) To save money for seeds.
(c) To help his mother.
(d) To start a factory with his uncle.

12. Why does the rickshaw driver leave Koly at the train station in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) He has a fare.
(b) The police chase him away.
(c) He believes she brings bad luck.
(d) He must go home to his family.

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

14. Why does Sass sell her house?
(a) To move to a widow's apartment in Delhi.
(b) She has a job in Delhi.
(c) To move to her brother's house in Delhi.
(d) Koly has a job in Delhi.

15. Who is Tanu?
(a) A worker at the government office.
(b) The woman who sells marigold garlands.
(c) Koly's roommate.
(d) An elderly widow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What importance do the bandicoot and stray dog have for Koly in Chapter 6?

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

3. Who does Koly see at the train station when she returns a week after being abandoned by Sass?

4. What does Koly think of her first job in Vrindavan?

5. How do Koly and Sass travel in Vrindavan?

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