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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. Why does Bakha think that it is unlikely he will be able to lie to his father about the morning's events?
(a) His father will have already asked Sohini why she is home early.
(b) Gossip spreads quickly in the outcastes' colony.
(c) The priest will have already sent a complaint to his father.
(d) Rakha will have already hurried home to tell his father.

2. Why does Bakha feel sympathy for the younger of the babu's sons?
(a) He knows that the boy's older brother often neglects him.
(b) He knows that the little boy gets into trouble for spending time with Bakha.
(c) He knows how desperate the little boy is to play in the game.
(d) He knows that the babu favors his older son.

3. What does his trip to the kitchen cause Bakha to remember?
(a) The guests at Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(b) The food his mother used to cook.
(c) His dream about the little girl.
(d) Being yelled at by a cook when he was small.

4. Who are the "pale-white ghosts, ghouls and hobgoblins" mentioned on page 87?
(a) The sahibs.
(b) The sadhus.
(c) Kings and queens.
(d) The sepoys.

5. What does Bakha stop to do on his way home from the hockey game?
(a) Retrieve the sugar plums he hid for later.
(b) See more of Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(c) Beg for water at the well.
(d) Hide his stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a tonga-wallah?

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

3. How much money was Gulabo given for her daughter's hand in marriage?

4. What does the first woman in the alley houses repeatedly tell Bakha?

5. What advice does the second woman in the alley houses offer Bakha?

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