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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 is Bakha surprised by the disciple traveling with Gandhi?
(a) The disciple is an outcaste.
(b) The disciple is a Muslim.
(c) The disciple is British.
(d) The disciple is a woman.

2. When Bakha returns home, what does it seem to him his father has been doing all day?
(a) Ruminating on his children's failings.
(b) Gambling with friends.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Grooming himself.

3. Where does Bakha end up listening to Gandhi's speech?
(a) On the platform.
(b) In a tree.
(c) From the gate.
(d) Outside the fence.

4. What subject does the Congress volunteer say Gandhi will be speaking about?
(a) Non-cooperation with British courts.
(b) Civil disobedience.
(c) A boycott of British textiles.
(d) Abolishing untouchability.

5. Besides his hockey skills and sense of humor, what is Havildar Charat Singh well-known for?
(a) His hemorrhoids.
(b) His constipation.
(c) His handsomeness.
(d) His kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Bakha try to mount the temple steps before he has the courage to get all the way to the top step?

2. What does the man paraphrasing the Tribune article say is the "highest bliss to be realized" (122)?

3. According to the story the peasant heard, what did Gandhi do in a temple that upset the Brahmins there?

4. When Bakha gets home, where is he told that his brother has gone?

5. What does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?

(see the answer key)

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