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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. How does Koly feel about working for Mr. Das?
(a) She feels stifled.
(b) It's an escape from Maa Kamala's.
(c) It's important to her.
(d) It is boring, but she is grateful for the money.

2. 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 start work.
(c) To buy a ticket.
(d) To look for Sass.

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

4. What does Mr. Das think of Koly's work?
(a) It's good, but ametuerish.
(b) It mimics the style of Guranshi.
(c) It shows little promise.
(d) It is the best he's seen in years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true of Sassur after Chandra leaves to get married?

2. What does the rickshaw driver tell her about widows in Vrindavan?

3. What do Koly and Tanu do for work on Koly's first morning at Maa Kamala's?

4. Why does Chandra visit her parents' home in the beginning of Chapter 7?

5. What importance do the bandicoot and stray dog have for Koly in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Sass sells her house.

2. What is the importance of Koly's visit to the government office in Chapter 6?

3. Describe Koly's introduction to Maa Kamala's home.

4. Explain why Sassur stops reading the Tagore book?

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

6. Explain how Tagore is important to Koly in Chapter 9.

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

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

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

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

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