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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 true of Sassur after Chandra leaves to get married?
(a) He starts to stand up to Sass.
(b) He starts to enjoy his work.
(c) He is depressed and hates his job.
(d) He gets the same illness that Hari had.

2. Who is Tanu?
(a) Koly's roommate.
(b) The woman who sells marigold garlands.
(c) A worker at the government office.
(d) An elderly widow.

3. What does Koly do at the temples on her first day alone in Vrindavan?
(a) Steals food from the bins.
(b) Tries to pray.
(c) Hides in a corner.
(d) Helps a young girl to get food.

4. What does Chandra tell Koly about her new husband?
(a) He works late every night.
(b) He is cruel.
(c) He is lazy.
(d) He makes good money.

5. What finally gives Koly the courage to approach the man in the government office about her pension?
(a) She has money she made at the marketplace.
(b) She know he respects Sassur for his position at the school.
(c) She sees him playing with his son.
(d) She sees him casually dressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Koly wait with at the train station on her second visit there?

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

3. What event occurs at Mala's party?

4. What does Koly think of her first job in Vrindavan?

5. How does the driver of the rickshaw help Koly to get some food?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Mala and what is she like?

5. Explain why Sassur stops reading the Tagore book?

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

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

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

9. Explain Sassur's feelings regarding computers.

10. Explain why Sass sells her house.

(see the answer keys)

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