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

2. What does the passage about the cheap nickel jewelry reveal about Bakha?
(a) His poverty is the main thing that keeps him from dressing as he really wants to.
(b) His disinterest in Indian culture is a result of his outcaste status rather than his exposure to English culture.
(c) He secretly admires the bright, cheerful manner in which many caste Hindus dress.
(d) His fascination with the English has ruined for him some of the things he loved as a child.

3. What is "Waris Shah's Hir and Ranjah," which Bakha longs to read?
(a) A book of history.
(b) A political treatise.
(c) A epic poem.
(d) An adventure novel.

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

5. What gesture does Bakha continuously make in order to try to placate the man that he has bumped on the street?
(a) He bows to the man over and over.
(b) He covers his eyes with his hands.
(c) He kneels in the street.
(d) He joins his hands prayerfully.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?

2. On page 28, what does the narrator say prevails in the lives of the outcastes?

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

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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