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

2. Why does Bakha think there is a chance that Ram Charan will have skipped his sister's wedding?
(a) He skipped his father's funeral.
(b) He disapproves of the match.
(c) His family needs the money from his work.
(d) He and his sister are estranged.

3. What is unfair about the babu's wife's reaction to her son's injury?
(a) She demands that Bakha be arrested for assault.
(b) She assumes that Bakha hurt the child on purpose.
(c) She demands that Bakha be struck with a rock in return.
(d) She assumes that Bakha is the one who hurt him.

4. What is a tonga-wallah?
(a) A jockey.
(b) A delivery person.
(c) A carriage driver.
(d) A blacksmith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "pleasantest surprise" Bakha receives when he nears Ram Charan's home (77)?

2. When Rakha taunts Bakha and refuses to give up the broom, how does Bakha feel?

3. What is Bakha asking for when he shouts up at the houses from the street?

4. What does Bakha do when he is finally at the top of the temple steps?

5. What does the text refer to as the "noblest part of the body" (88)?

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