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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 word "Pundit" mean (19)?
(a) A scholar.
(b) A high-caste person.
(c) A religious leader.
(d) A merchant.

2. Why is the younger of the babu's sons so eager to get going during their conversation with Bakha and his friends?
(a) He is afraid his mother will catch them talking to outcastes.
(b) He knows that there are sweets waiting for him at home.
(c) He does not want to be late to school.
(d) He does not want to risk ritual pollution.

3. What does Bakha see in the street outside of town that he reminds himself his mother told him was good luck to see?
(a) Animal bones.
(b) A human corpse.
(c) A red bird.
(d) A lost coin.

4. What is so soothing to Bakha about the smaller street, familiar to him since childhood, that he turns into when he leaves the crowded bazaar?
(a) The sound of the children playing marbles.
(b) The sight of the English musical instruments.
(c) The smell of spices from the spice merchants' shops.
(d) The feeling of the much cooler air against his skin.

5. Where did Bakha acquire a taste for the Western way of life?
(a) Playing hockey in other towns.
(b) Traveling with his uncle.
(c) Working in a British barracks.
(d) At his British-run school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest inside the temple do to indicate the beginning of services?

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

3. What does Bakha do when he is finally at the top of the temple steps?

4. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?

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

(see the answer key)

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