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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 Ram Charan remove his solar hat as the three friends walk back from the spring?
(a) He does not want Gulabo to catch him wearing it.
(b) The sun has gone behind a cloud.
(c) His friends have been making fun of his strange outfit.
(d) He is uncomfortable wearing it in the glum silence.

2. What is Lakha's purpose in having Sohini call for her brothers?
(a) He needs them to escort Sohini to and from the temple.
(b) He intends to get them to do his work as well as their own.
(c) He wants to scold them for not doing their work properly.
(d) He wants to ask them about Lachman's intentions toward Sohini.

3. What word does Bakha use to refer to British soldiers?
(a) Squaddies.
(b) Tommies.
(c) Pongos.
(d) Redcoats.

4. Where do Chota and Ram Charan go before the hockey game?
(a) To finish their work.
(b) To look for the priest.
(c) With Bakha to the barracks.
(d) Back to their homes.

5. What is ironic about Bakha's friends teasing him about his interest in "fashun" (26)?
(a) They are not trying to be cruel.
(b) They share this interest.
(c) They do not even know what the word means.
(d) They are the ones who first encouraged his interest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet say are the misinterpreted and more accurate meanings of the word "maya"?

2. What event starts the fight between the two hockey teams?

3. What is the profession of the man that Ram Charan's sister is marrying?

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

5. Who is Colonel Hutchinson?

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