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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 word does Bakha use to refer to British soldiers?
(a) Redcoats.
(b) Squaddies.
(c) Pongos.
(d) Tommies.

2. On page 28, what does the narrator say prevails in the lives of the outcastes?
(a) Silence.
(b) Faith.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Indifference.

3. What habit of Indian people in this time period was the basis of a derogatory description used by the British soldiers?
(a) Blowing repeatedly on tea and hot food to cool it.
(b) Bathing in water polluted by human and animal waste.
(c) Using water to clear out their noses and sinuses.
(d) Squatting to urinate and defecate on the ground.

4. 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?
(a) The feeling of the much cooler air against his skin.
(b) The sight of the English musical instruments.
(c) The sound of the children playing marbles.
(d) The smell of spices from the spice merchants' shops.

5. What motivates the babu's son to agree to give Bakha lessons?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Money.
(c) Fear.
(d) Pride.

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. What has Bakha successfully taught himself from the book he bought?

3. Where did Bakha get his British jacket and overcoat?

4. What is "Waris Shah's Hir and Ranjah," which Bakha longs to read?

5. Why does Rakha feel safe from Bakha's criticism?

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