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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Pages 57-83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the term "Jemandar" mean (3)?
(a) It is a term of respect for someone of a higher caste.
(b) A state of ritual impurity.
(c) To argue a point just for the fun of argument.
(d) Foreman, leader of a crew of workers.

2. What does Bakha do after he sits down in the alley where he has been unable to get any attention from the houses?
(a) He begins to weep.
(b) He prays.
(c) He plots revenge against the priest.
(d) He falls asleep.

3. What is Gulabo's job?
(a) Leather tanner.
(b) Washerwoman.
(c) Weaver.
(d) Water-carrier.

4. What advice does the second woman in the alley houses offer Bakha?
(a) He should be careful how he speaks to people.
(b) He should remember to announce his presence.
(c) He should call later in the day if he expects food.
(d) He should not sit on people's doorsteps.

5. After he is finally free of the crowd in the street, what does Bakha suddenly realize is at the root of all of his problems?
(a) His lack of religious knowledge.
(b) His father.
(c) His status as an "untouchable."
(d) His lack of education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bakha feel glad that his friends are walking well ahead of him when they are heading to the heath?

2. When the priest claims to have been "defiled by contact," what does Bakha assume (51)?

3. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?

4. What finally rouses Bakha from his bed at the beginning of the book?

5. 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?

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