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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Pages 84-109.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Bakha's response to nature?
(a) It is artificial.
(b) It is exaggerated.
(c) It is spontaneous.
(d) It is superficial.

2. What does Bakha discover about the stick that Charat Singh gave the babu's younger son?
(a) It is clearly one that Charat Singh used in many games.
(b) It is nearly identical to his own.
(c) It is much too large for the boy to use.
(d) It is a higher-quality stick.

3. What does Rakha say he will kill Bakha for?
(a) Refusing to clean the latrines.
(b) Failing to protect his sister.
(c) The way Bakha speaks to him.
(d) Touching the broom.

4. What does the text refer to as the "noblest part of the body" (88)?
(a) The heart.
(b) The head.
(c) The hands.
(d) The eyes.

5. What sweet does Ram Charan bring from his sister's wedding to share with his friends?
(a) Modaks.
(b) Sugar plums.
(c) Laddus.
(d) Candied pumpkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bakha is in the street where he has to step over the cow, what does he notice about his surroundings?

2. What is so soothing to Bakha about the smaller street, familiar to him since childhood, that he turns into when he leaves the crowded bazaar?

3. Why does Rakha feel safe from Bakha's criticism?

4. What is a tonga-wallah?

5. What gesture does Bakha continuously make in order to try to placate the man that he has bumped on the street?

(see the answer key)

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