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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's family's diet seem to mostly consist of?
(a) Rice.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Bread.

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

3. What is a "sadhu"?
(a) An ascetic holy man.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A tax collector.
(d) A street performer.

4. Why is Lakha so eager to talk to the town's families about when their daughters will get married?
(a) He is hoping to get extra work during the wedding festivities.
(b) He wants to find Bakha a wife.
(c) He is looking for a wife for himself.
(d) He looks forward to the scraps from the wedding feast.

5. What causes Bakha to pause before entering the town?
(a) He hears his sister calling from their house.
(b) He sees his friends coming toward him.
(c) He is dreading going into the town.
(d) He is enjoying the sunshine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word does Lakha use to address the doctor in his story?

3. How does Bakha feel when he observes the services taking place inside the temple?

4. On page 9, what does the narrator compare Bakha's capacity for work to?

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

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