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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 caste does the cook assume Bakha is a member of?
(a) Sweepers.
(b) Grass-cutters.
(c) Water-carriers.
(d) Washermen.

2. What does Charat Singh have that is "mounted with gold" (91)?
(a) Eyeglasses.
(b) An ammunition belt.
(c) False teeth.
(d) A hockey trophy.

3. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?
(a) Insulting a god.
(b) Improper behavior with a woman.
(c) Theft.
(d) Beating him.

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

5. What does Bakha anticipate his father's reaction will be if he tells him about his day's problems?
(a) He will make Bakha apologize to the priest.
(b) He will blame Bakha.
(c) He will be angry and want revenge.
(d) He will not understand why Bakha is upset.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bakha buy from the betel-leaf shop?

2. Why does the little boy refuse to come down into the alley to defecate?

3. How does Bakha feel when he observes the services taking place inside the temple?

4. What does Bakha think Ram Charan's sister looked like as a child?

5. What does Bakha discover about the stick that Charat Singh gave the babu's younger son?

(see the answer key)

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