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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. What motivates the babu's son to agree to give Bakha lessons?
(a) Fear.
(b) Pride.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Money.

2. Who throws the rock that strikes the babu's younger son?
(a) Chota.
(b) Bakha.
(c) The babu's elder son.
(d) Ram Charan.

3. When Bakha gets home, where is he told that his brother has gone?
(a) To Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(b) To play hockey.
(c) To clean the latrines.
(d) To beg for food in the barracks.

4. What did Lakha borrow money from Ganesh Nath, the bania, to pay for?
(a) His wife's funeral.
(b) A cow.
(c) Sweeping equipment.
(d) His daughter's dowry.

5. What does the narrator explain with the phrase "set a thief to catch a thief" (38)?
(a) The dishonesty of the street urchin.
(b) The aggression of the man Bakha bumped.
(c) The anger of the crowd around Bakha.
(d) The corruption of the Indian police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bakha think there is a chance that Ram Charan will have skipped his sister's wedding?

2. What does Charat Singh share with Bakha?

3. What makes Bakha think that the hockey stick is "the best stick that had been manufactured in the world" (95)?

4. After he is finally free of the crowd in the street, what does Bakha suddenly realize is at the root of all of his problems?

5. What is Lakha's point in telling the story about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?

(see the answer key)

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