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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some of the things that Koly does after Chandra leaves to try and please Sass?
(a) Accompanies her to the market each week.
(b) Chases away the bandicoot.
(c) Rises early, sets the fires, and sweeps the courtyard.
(d) Starts a quilt for Sass and Sassur.

2. After Mr. Das chastises Koly for copying someone else's design, what does she embroider for him?
(a) A heron.
(b) The Ganges and a funeral procession.
(c) A mango tree.
(d) Silver earrings.

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

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

5. What does Koly see in the marketplace on her way home from the government office in Chapter 6?
(a) Sassur talking to a group of men.
(b) A widow selling her possessions.
(c) A matchmaker who knew Hari.
(d) A blinded bird and a caged monkey.

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

7. Why do Koly's dreams of leaving Sass end in Chapter 7?
(a) She and Sass become friendly.
(b) She no longer has the silver earrings.
(c) Koly becomes ill and dependent on Sass.
(d) Sass becomes ill and Koly cares for her.

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

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

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

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

12. Who comes to see Koly the day after she returns to work in chapter 10 after being sick?
(a) Tanu.
(b) Chandra.
(c) Sass.
(d) Raji.

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

14. How does Koly feel when it is time to leave Sass's house?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Excited.
(c) At peace.
(d) Sad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Maa Kamala allow Koly to go to Mala's party?

2. What is true of Sassur after Chandra leaves to get married?

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

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

5. Who is Tanu?

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