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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. What are the walls of the houses of the outcastes made of?
(a) Mud.
(b) Stone.
(c) Sheets of tin.
(d) Scavenged lumber.

2. What does the narrator say is "a sort of intoxication" for Bakha (11)?
(a) British culture.
(b) Work.
(c) The sun.
(d) Women.

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

4. After he is finally free of the crowd in the street, what does Bakha suddenly realize is at the root of all of his problems?
(a) His status as an "untouchable."
(b) His lack of education.
(c) His father.
(d) His lack of religious knowledge.

5. What is a tonga-wallah?
(a) A jockey.
(b) A carriage driver.
(c) A delivery person.
(d) A blacksmith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did a rich merchant once give Lakha a buffalo cow?

3. What does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?

4. 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?

5. What is Gulabo's job?

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