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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 is so soothing to Bakha about the smaller street, familiar to him since childhood, that he turns into when he leaves the crowded bazaar?
(a) The sound of the children playing marbles.
(b) The smell of spices from the spice merchants' shops.
(c) The feeling of the much cooler air against his skin.
(d) The sight of the English musical instruments.

2. Where do Chota and Ram Charan go before the hockey game?
(a) With Bakha to the barracks.
(b) To look for the priest.
(c) Back to their homes.
(d) To finish their work.

3. What emotion does Bakha struggle with as his father tells the story of the time he was so ill as a child?
(a) Rage.
(b) Fear.
(c) Self-pity.
(d) Scorn.

4. What is a "solar topee" (86)?
(a) A helmet.
(b) A sash.
(c) A turban.
(d) A jacket.

5. What does Bakha's family's diet seem to mostly consist of?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Bread.
(d) Rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What motivates the babu's son to agree to give Bakha lessons?

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

3. What is the narrator referring to when he describes Bakha wanting to speak the "tish-mish, tish-mish" (30)?

4. What did Bakha's uncle tell him when he first said that he wanted to be a "sahib" (30)?

5. What is "Waris Shah's Hir and Ranjah," which Bakha longs to read?

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