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

2. What is a Chula?

3. What life changing event occurs in Chapter 6?

4. What does Koly tell Chandra she wants to do during Chandra's first visit home after her marriage?

5. What does Koly say she hopes will happen if she works very hard after Chandra leaves to get married?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain why Sass sells her house.

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

5. Describe Chandra's feelings about her marriage in Chapter 7.

6. Describe how Koly's feelings of loneliness change after moving in to Maa Kamala's.

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

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

9. Explain Sassur's feelings regarding computers.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Despite the obvious poor treatment of women in Koly's society, many strong and even influential women appear in the novel. Answer the questions below with support from the novel.

1) Which woman in the story do you consider the strongest, and why?

2) Which woman in the story has the greatest positive impact on Koly? Negative?

3) Which woman in the story seems the happiest? The saddest?

Essay Topic 3

Different characters in the novel view their responsibilities in different ways. Choose three of the characters listed and discuss their definitions of responsibility, family, and honor in the novel. Choose from these characters: Koly, Sass, Sassur, Koly's mother or father, Maa Kamala, Raji, and the benefactor of the widow's home.

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