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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Pages 110-139.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bakha think that it is unlikely he will be able to lie to his father about the morning's events?
(a) Gossip spreads quickly in the outcastes' colony.
(b) His father will have already asked Sohini why she is home early.
(c) The priest will have already sent a complaint to his father.
(d) Rakha will have already hurried home to tell his father.

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

3. Who draws Bakha's attention when he is near the train station?
(a) A small boy teasing a cat.
(b) The railway guard.
(c) A British woman.
(d) A leper begging at the roadside.

4. What is Chota's reaction to Bakha's new hockey stick?
(a) He is pleased for his friend.
(b) He is filled with envy.
(c) He is fearful of the obligation it represents.
(d) He does not understand why Bakha cares about it so much.

5. What does Gandhi say he would wish to be reborn as?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cow.
(c) A Brahmin.
(d) An outcaste.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bakha think there is a chance that Ram Charan will have skipped his sister's wedding?

2. What does the man paraphrasing the Tribune article say is the goal of Western civilization?

3. Why does Bakha decide it would be best not to let Ram Charan know about the hockey stick?

4. What is Bakha trying to figure out when he is on his way to the kitchen and asks himself "Is it wet or dry?" (92)?

5. What does Sohini first tell her brother the priest did to her?

(see the answer key)

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