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

2. Where has Gandhi been just before making his appearance in Bulashah?
(a) Delhi.
(b) The hospital.
(c) England.
(d) Jail.

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

4. What word does Colonel Hutchinson object to Bakha using to describe him?
(a) Padre.
(b) Havildar.
(c) Hakim.
(d) Sahib.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit of the British soldiers did Bakha find "Disgraceful" (12)?

2. 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)?

3. What is Lakha's point in telling the story about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?

4. What does Bakha criticize his brother for when they are eating?

5. What does Charat Singh offer Bakha?

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