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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. On page 9, what does the narrator compare Bakha's capacity for work to?
(a) The shining of glass.
(b) Wind shaking the leaves.
(c) Water flowing from a stream.
(d) The burning of a fire.

2. What does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Hysteria.
(d) Sadism.

3. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?
(a) Theft.
(b) Insulting a god.
(c) Beating him.
(d) Improper behavior with a woman.

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

5. When the priest claims to have been "defiled by contact," what does Bakha assume (51)?
(a) He must have touched the priest on his way past him.
(b) His sister must have touched the priest.
(c) There must be a third, as yet unseen, outcaste nearby.
(d) The priest is lying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bakha see in the street outside of town that he reminds himself his mother told him was good luck to see?

2. What is the image in the model temple at the base of the banyan tree?

3. What does the term "Jemandar" mean (3)?

4. What motivates the babu's son to agree to give Bakha lessons?

5. What animals does the man that Bakha bumps in the street repeatedly compare Bakha to?

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