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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 object of Hari's does Koly ask Sassur if she can have?
(a) His butterflies.
(b) His journal.
(c) A school book.
(d) A cap.

2. What does Koly see after Hari's cremation that makes her think of him?
(a) A dove.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A boy.
(d) A butterfly.

3. Where do Sassur and Chandra go on Koly's first day in their home?
(a) He goes to school and she goes to the river.
(b) They both go to the market to work.
(c) They both go to the school.
(d) He goes to sell the cow and she goes to buy medicine.

4. Who accompanies Koly to her prospective husband's home?
(a) Her parents and brothers.
(b) Her father and her brothers.
(c) Just her father.
(d) Her parents.

5. What do Sass and Koly do when they go to the village one week after Hari's death?
(a) Order a sari.
(b) Deliver a message.
(c) Obtain a package.
(d) Fill out papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chandra's response when Koly questions her about the widow's pension?

2. What does Koly's father give her before leaving her at her new home?

3. Why is Sassur described as being sad so often in Chapter 4?

4. Who meets Hari and his family in Varanasi?

5. What does Sassur tell Koly immediately after she learns of Hari's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Koly's marriage is expected to benefit her family.

2. How does Sass justify her refusal to give Koly her pension money when Koly tells her she wants it?

3. Sass demands, for the second time, that Koly give her the silver earrings. Explain why keeping these earrings is so important to Koly in Chapter 5.

4. Describe Koly's first meetings with her new family.

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

6. Describe Koly's wedding gift to Chandra.

7. How is Hari's death addressed?

8. What is Koly's relationship with Sassur like in Chapter 4, after Hari's death?

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

10. Explain the importance of Tagore's book of poems in Chapter 4.

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