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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is a doctor called on Hari's first night in Varanasi?
2. What does Sassur tell Koly immediately after she learns of Hari's death?
3. Where does Sassur obtain his favorite book of poetry?
4. Who attends the school in Koly's town?
5. After Sass returns from getting Hari's medicine, how does she react when she discovers Koly in Hari's room and learns she has given him a remedy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Sass demands, for the second time, that Koly give her the silver earrings. Explain why keeping these earrings is so important to Koly in Chapter 5.
2. Explain Koly''s reaction to hearing Sass and Sassur discuss the use of her widow's pension.
3. Describe Koly's first night in her new home after she is married.
4. Explain why Hari and his parents are arguing on Koly's second night in her new home.
5. Explain Chandra's expectations of her family's trip to the Ganges River.
6. What is Koly's impression of Varanasi?
7. Explain what Koly's daydreams consist of in Chapter 4, after Hari's death.
8. Describe the evening of, and the events leading up to, Hari's death.
9. Describe Koly's first meetings with her new family.
10. What is Koly's relationship with Sassur like in Chapter 4, after Hari's death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the use of irony and foreshadowing with the following events:
1) Sass's abandonment of Koly.
2) Koly's desire to run away from her marriage and from Sass's home.
3) Sassur's decision to break tradition and teach Koly to read.
Essay Topic 2
Chandra and Koly are about the same age and have similar backgrounds.
1) Is Chandra a good friend to Koly?
2) How would the story have been different if Hari had no sister?
3) Will both girls have a happy life? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Hari and Koly are both very young people forced into marriage.
1) What foreshadowing exists in the novel that predicts the outcome of their marriage?
2) How does Hari's existence continue to affect Koly after he is gone?
3) What positive and negative outcomes result from Hari and Koly's marriage?
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