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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 do Tanu and Koly think of bangle making?
(a) Both girls find it painful.
(b) Koly likes it and Tanu finds it boring.
(c) Tanu likes it and Koly finds it boring.
(d) Both girls love the challenge.

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

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

4. What does Sass do to make money for her and Koly to live on?
(a) Does laundry.
(b) Sells her own possessions.
(c) Hires Koly out as a servant.
(d) Sells the widow's sari she had given to Koly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the benefactor of the widow's home comment on when she is given a tour by Tanu and Koly?

2. Who sends a letter to Sass in Chapter 7?

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

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

5. What event occurs at Mala's party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Explain why Sassur stops reading the Tagore book?

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

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