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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 a "cantonment" (3)?
(a) A military or police headquarters.
(b) A subdivision of territory.
(c) Land devoted to agriculture.
(d) A palace for minor royalty.

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

3. Why does Bahka not immediately apologize when he is accused of bumping the man in the street?
(a) He is paralyzed with fear.
(b) He thinks the idea of ritual pollution is ridiculous.
(c) He does not hear what the man is saying, at first.
(d) He does not think he really bumped the man.

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

5. What habit of the British soldiers did Bakha find "Disgraceful" (12)?
(a) Singing while bathing.
(b) Touching their genitals while bathing.
(c) Hurrying naked toward their bathtubs.
(d) Bathing with their undergarments still on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bakha do after he sits down in the alley where he has been unable to get any attention from the houses?

2. What does Bakha think Ram Charan's sister looked like as a child?

3. What is the priest's real motivation in serving Sohini first?

4. What does the word "Pundit" mean (19)?

5. What are the walls of the houses of the outcastes made of?

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