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

2. What is true of life at the Mehta's home once Chandra is married?
(a) Sass is bitter and Sassur is depressed.
(b) Sass begins to open up to Koly.
(c) There is now enough for everyone.
(d) There is twice as much work for Koly.

3. Where does Koly find food and a bed in Vrindavan?
(a) In a room above the government office.
(b) At the home of the man who runs the government office.
(c) At the widow's home.
(d) At the rickshaw driver's aunt's home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What life changing event occurs in Chapter 6?

2. What do Tanu and Koly think of bangle making?

3. How do Koly and Sass travel in Vrindavan?

4. What does Koly see in the marketplace on her way home from the government office in Chapter 6?

5. What job is Koly told she will have in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Koly and Sass's first interaction with the rickshaw driver.

2. Describe Koly's first day at Mr. Das's shop.

3. Describe Raji's plans for the future as he describes them to Koly in Chapter 9.

4. Describe the two friends that Koly finds in Chapter 6.

5. Who is Mala and what is she like?

6. Explain Sassur's feelings regarding computers.

7. Explain why Sassur stops reading the Tagore book?

8. Describe the service run by Maa Kamala's.

9. Describe Chandra's feelings about her marriage in Chapter 7.

10. Describe Koly's first night in Vrindavan after Sass abandons her.

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