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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 has Chota lied to the other players about?
(a) The source of their equipment.
(b) Bakha's caste.
(c) Chota's ability as a hockey player.
(d) Ram Charan's mother.

2. What are the "ghats by the waterside" (76)?
(a) Fires.
(b) Boats.
(c) Huts.
(d) Steps.

3. What is Lakha's point in telling the story about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?
(a) He has done a lot for Bakha and deserves better treatment from his son.
(b) He loves Bakha more than it seems like he does.
(c) The caste system can seem unfair, but eventually everyone gets what they deserve.
(d) The upper castes can be good people who try to help the outcastes.

4. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?
(a) Bow and avert their eyes.
(b) Turn away and keep still until the caste Hindu has passed.
(c) Call out and announce their presence.
(d) Stand against a wall until the caste Hindu has passed.

5. What does the passage about the cheap nickel jewelry reveal about Bakha?
(a) His fascination with the English has ruined for him some of the things he loved as a child.
(b) He secretly admires the bright, cheerful manner in which many caste Hindus dress.
(c) His poverty is the main thing that keeps him from dressing as he really wants to.
(d) His disinterest in Indian culture is a result of his outcaste status rather than his exposure to English culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bakha think that his father will not object to his leaving if he says he is going to see Ram Charan's sister's wedding?

2. Why is the younger of the babu's sons so eager to get going during their conversation with Bakha and his friends?

3. What animals does the man that Bakha bumps in the street repeatedly compare Bakha to?

4. What does the narrator note is ironic about Charat Singh's exclamation "Oh, work, work, blow work!" (91)?

5. What event starts the fight between the two hockey teams?

(see the answer key)

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