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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 is one reason that Sass gives for being so resentful of Koly?
(a) She cannot read.
(b) She is a poor cook.
(c) She is an extra mouth to feed.
(d) Her dowry was too low.

2. What is Hari given upon arriving at the place where his family stays in Varanasi?
(a) A glass of water from the Ganges River.
(b) A special chest rub cream.
(c) Mango tea.
(d) Honey and ginger root.

3. What does Koly's father give her before leaving her at her new home?
(a) A slice of coconut cake.
(b) The family quilt.
(c) A letter.
(d) His mother's sari.

4. Where does Koly sleep on her wedding night?
(a) Alone in Hari's bed.
(b) On the floor by Hari's bed.
(c) With her sass.
(d) With Chandra.

5. How does Koly's mother make money?
(a) She is a medicine woman.
(b) She is a wash woman.
(c) She makes and sells saris.
(d) She teaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Hari taken to the river?

2. What does Chandra ask Koly to do before the family leaves for Varanasi?

3. How does the crowd react as Hari's dead body is carried past?

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

5. What does Koly want to do when she learns her parents have selected a husband for her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is Hari's death addressed?

8. Why does Sass treat Koly so poorly?

9. Explain Koly''s reaction to hearing Sass and Sassur discuss the use of her widow's pension.

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

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