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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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) Both girls find it painful.
(d) Tanu likes it and Koly finds it boring.

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

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

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

8. What does Koly learn about her widow's pension when she goes to the government office in Chapter 6?
(a) It will end if she marries again.
(b) She can only receive it by mail.
(c) It will end if she leaves the Mehta's home.
(d) It doubled when Chandra left home.

9. What do Koly and the women at the widow's home sometimes do after dinner?
(a) They sing.
(b) Koly reads poems to them.
(c) Tanu plays a small harp for them.
(d) Maa Kamala teaches them to read.

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

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

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

13. What does Sass do to make money for her and Koly to live on?
(a) Hires Koly out as a servant.
(b) Sells her own possessions.
(c) Sells the widow's sari she had given to Koly.
(d) Does laundry.

14. How does Koly feel at Maa Kamala's home?
(a) Overwhelmed.
(b) Suffocated.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Safe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chandra visit her parents' home in the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. What does Chandra tell Koly about her new husband?

3. What is true of Sass during Chandra's first visit home?

4. Why does Koly have a hard time sleeping her first night in Vrindavan?

5. Why does Raji tell Koly he is living in the city?

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