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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 feel sympathy for the younger of the babu's sons?
(a) He knows how desperate the little boy is to play in the game.
(b) He knows that the little boy gets into trouble for spending time with Bakha.
(c) He knows that the boy's older brother often neglects him.
(d) He knows that the babu favors his older son.

2. Where did Bakha get his British jacket and overcoat?
(a) He found them in a rubbish bin.
(b) They were a gift from his uncle.
(c) He bought them with his tip money.
(d) They were prizes he won for playing hockey.

3. What does Bakha criticize his brother for when they are eating?
(a) Being greedy with the food.
(b) Dropping food on the floor.
(c) Eating with dirty hands.
(d) Chewing with his mouth open.

4. What is Bakha asking for when he shouts up at the houses from the street?
(a) Water.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Bread.
(d) Coins.

5. What does the narrator say Charat Singh's offer "called forth" in Bakha (10)?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Servility.
(d) Compassion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What habit of Indian people in this time period was the basis of a derogatory description used by the British soldiers?

3. How does Chota wake Bakha when Bakha falls asleep by the spring?

4. When Rakha taunts Bakha and refuses to give up the broom, how does Bakha feel?

5. Who throws the rock that strikes the babu's younger son?

(see the answer key)

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