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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 30-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times does Bakha try to mount the temple steps before he has the courage to get all the way to the top step?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. How old is Bakha?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

3. What is ironic about Bakha's friends teasing him about his interest in "fashun" (26)?
(a) They are the ones who first encouraged his interest.
(b) They do not even know what the word means.
(c) They are not trying to be cruel.
(d) They share this interest.

4. What does the priest inside the temple do to indicate the beginning of services?
(a) He blows on a conch shell.
(b) He rings a series of bells.
(c) He hits a small gong.
(d) He strikes a five-headed drum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "cantonment" (3)?

2. What is the narrator referring to when he describes Bakha wanting to speak the "tish-mish, tish-mish" (30)?

3. What is Lakha's purpose in having Sohini call for her brothers?

4. When the priest claims to have been "defiled by contact," what does Bakha assume (51)?

5. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?

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