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

2. Why does the rickshaw driver leave Koly at the train station in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) He believes she brings bad luck.
(b) The police chase him away.
(c) He must go home to his family.
(d) He has a fare.

3. 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 and Koly share it with the family next door.
(c) Sass is even stingier with it.
(d) Sass allows a boarder to stay and share their meals.

4. Where does Koly spend her first full week sleeping in Vrindavan?
(a) Behind the farmer's barn on his haystack.
(b) At the train station.
(c) On the same spot she spent her first night.
(d) At the temple.

5. What does Koly tell Chandra she wants to do during Chandra's first visit home after her marriage?
(a) Make a quilt for her child.
(b) Run away.
(c) Get a job.
(d) Keep Chandra with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Koly begin to help Raji after he hears her read the poem of the homeless bird?

2. Who gives Tanu and Koly the beads to make into bangles?

3. What does Chandra tell Koly about her new husband?

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

5. Why does Sass say that she and Koly should stop in Vrindavan on their way to Delhi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Koly's feelings of loneliness change after moving in to Maa Kamala's.

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

3. What happens on the day that Koly sees the rickshaw driver at the train station, before he brings her to the widow's home?

4. Describe Koly's financial situation in Chapter 8.

5. Explain why the benefactor funds the widow's home where Koly stays.

6. Describe Sass's behavior on the train ride to her brother's home.

7. What happens when Koly cannot find Sass at the temple after taking the 50 rupees to buy lunch?

8. Explain how Koly ends up in possession of the Tagore book.

9. Describe the room that Koly stays in at Maa Kamala's.

10. Describe Koly's first day of work stringing marigolds.

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