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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 is Bakha staring at when he hears the man complaining that Bakha has bumped into him?
(a) The huge advertising signs he cannot read.
(b) A woman sitting in a window.
(c) The colorful clothing of a Peshawari fruit-seller.
(d) A page of the Daily Mail newspaper laying in the street.

2. What is Lakha's purpose in having Sohini call for her brothers?
(a) He needs them to escort Sohini to and from the temple.
(b) He wants to ask them about Lachman's intentions toward Sohini.
(c) He intends to get them to do his work as well as their own.
(d) He wants to scold them for not doing their work properly.

3. How old is Ram Charan's sister?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

4. Which character are people speaking of when they say that he is "a bit superior to his job" (9)?
(a) Lakha.
(b) Charat Singh.
(c) Bakha.
(d) Rakha.

5. Why does Bakha feel glad that his friends are walking well ahead of him when they are heading to the heath?
(a) He is tired of being teased about his clothing.
(b) He does not want them to notice his sadness about the wedding.
(c) He wants to enjoy some solitude in nature.
(d) He is nervous about being accused of ritual pollution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rakha not come inside when their father has Sohini call him in?

2. What does Bakha tell Sohini he is going to do when he sends her home with his cleaning equipment?

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

4. Who are the few men who come to the latrines wearing long white tunics and loose trousers?

5. What did Lakha borrow money from Ganesh Nath, the bania, to pay for?

(see the answer key)

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