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

2. Why is the younger of the babu's sons so eager to get going during their conversation with Bakha and his friends?
(a) He knows that there are sweets waiting for him at home.
(b) He is afraid his mother will catch them talking to outcastes.
(c) He does not want to be late to school.
(d) He does not want to risk ritual pollution.

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

4. Why does Bahka not immediately apologize when he is accused of bumping the man in the street?
(a) He thinks the idea of ritual pollution is ridiculous.
(b) He does not think he really bumped the man.
(c) He is paralyzed with fear.
(d) He does not hear what the man is saying, at first.

5. Why is Lakha so eager to talk to the town's families about when their daughters will get married?
(a) He looks forward to the scraps from the wedding feast.
(b) He wants to find Bakha a wife.
(c) He is looking for a wife for himself.
(d) He is hoping to get extra work during the wedding festivities.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Bakha's response to nature?

2. What is the image in the model temple at the base of the banyan tree?

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

4. What do both Bakha's earlier dreams and his experience at the wedding demonstrate about him?

5. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?

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