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

2. What event occurs at Mala's party?
(a) A man paints a picture of Koly.
(b) Koly meets a widow and later brings her to Maa Kamala's.
(c) A man puts a drug in Koly's drink.
(d) Raji tells Koly he is married.

3. What does Koly see at Mala's apartment?
(a) The bangles that Tanu made and lost.
(b) Spools of thread from Mr. Das's place.
(c) The stolen item from Mr. Das's place.
(d) Raji kissing Mala.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Raji?

2. What does Sass give Koly while they are in Vrindavan?

3. How does Koly feel at Maa Kamala's home?

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

5. What is true of life at the Mehta's home once Chandra is married?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain why Sassur stops reading the Tagore book?

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

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

6. How does the rickshaw driver help Koly in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

10. How and why does Koly try to please Sass after Chandra is gone?

(see the answer keys)

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