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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant event occurs at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) It is announced that Chandra will marry.
(b) Sassur loses his teaching position.
(c) Sass receives an inheritance.
(d) It is announced that Koly will be returned to her parents.

2. How is Hari taken to the river?
(a) He walks with the help of his parents.
(b) He is carried on a cot.
(c) He is carried in a rickshaw.
(d) He is carried by his father and Mr. Lal.

3. How does Koly feel about not being allowed to help Chandra dress on her wedding day?
(a) Very disappointed.
(b) Furious.
(c) She doesn't care.
(d) Relieved.

4. What does Koly's father do for a living?
(a) He owns an embroidery shop.
(b) He is a scribe.
(c) He runs a school for boys.
(d) He is a farmer.

5. Why is it so important to Koly to hold on to her silver earrings?
(a) They are a wedding gift from Hari.
(b) She plans to trade them for a wedding gift for Chandra.
(c) She wants to use them to run away.
(d) They are a memory of home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Koly's father tear up on the day of her wedding?

2. How does Koly feel about the silver earrings after learning how her widow's pension has been used?

3. What financial impact would Koly's return have on her family?

4. Why does Koly begin to enjoy her clothes washing time at the river after Hari's death in Chapter 4?

5. What does the doctor say is wrong with Hari?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Hari's doctor has to say about the family's trip to the Ganges, and his parents' response.

2. How does the train ride to Varanasi seem to indicate that the outcome of this journey will be a poor one?

3. Describe Koly's first night in her new home after she is married.

4. What happens when Koly and the Mehtas arrive in Varanasi that indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Mehta are embarrassed that they married Hari so young and for the money?

5. Describe the events that lead up to an envelope with Koly's name arriving at the Mehta's house each month.

6. Explain the reaction of Koly's parents to their first meeting with the Mehtas.

7. Explain how Koly's parents earn income for the family.

8. In Chapter 2, Koly learns details of her marriage and Hari's illness from Chandra that greatly upset her. Explain.

9. What is Koly's impression of Varanasi?

10. What does Koly do to try to soothe her grief over being a widow and her poor treatment by Sass in Chapter 4?

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