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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 Bakha buy from the betel-leaf shop?
(a) Matches.
(b) Tea.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Medicine.

2. Why does the little boy refuse to come down into the alley to defecate?
(a) He wants his mother to bribe him with sweets.
(b) He is shy about doing it in public.
(c) He does not want to be near an outcaste.
(d) He thinks it is a rude way to treat Bakha.

3. What does Bakha do when he is finally at the top of the temple steps?
(a) Sneaks quietly inside the temple.
(b) Stands at the edge where he can see through a crack in the wall.
(c) Balances on his toes and looks through a window.
(d) Lies down and peers under the door.

4. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?
(a) Theft.
(b) Beating him.
(c) Insulting a god.
(d) Improper behavior with a woman.

5. Besides his hockey skills and sense of humor, what is Havildar Charat Singh well-known for?
(a) His kindness.
(b) His handsomeness.
(c) His hemorrhoids.
(d) His constipation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gulabo's job?

2. What do both Bakha's earlier dreams and his experience at the wedding demonstrate about him?

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

4. Why is the younger of the babu's sons so eager to get going during their conversation with Bakha and his friends?

5. Why does Bakha think there is a chance that Ram Charan will have skipped his sister's wedding?

(see the answer key)

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