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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 narrator say is "a sort of intoxication" for Bakha (11)?
(a) Work.
(b) Women.
(c) The sun.
(d) British culture.

2. What sweet does Ram Charan bring from his sister's wedding to share with his friends?
(a) Modaks.
(b) Sugar plums.
(c) Laddus.
(d) Candied pumpkin.

3. How is Bakha feeling when he first arrives and surveys the happy wedding crowd?
(a) Afraid and self-conscious.
(b) Jovial and relaxed.
(c) Tired and apathetic.
(d) Envious and angry.

4. How does Chota wake Bakha when Bakha falls asleep by the spring?
(a) He throws water on him.
(b) He tosses pebbles at him.
(c) He places a sweet on Bakha's lips.
(d) He tickles his nose.

5. How much money was Gulabo given for her daughter's hand in marriage?
(a) 50 rupees.
(b) 2,000 rupees.
(c) 1,000 rupees.
(d) 200 rupees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bakha anticipate his father's reaction will be if he tells him about his day's problems?

2. Whom does Bakha see working in the river on his way to Ram Charan's sister's wedding?

3. What is the job of the young man who is interested in Sohini?

4. Why do the outcastes gather in a crowd at the well?

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

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