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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 did a rich merchant once give Lakha a buffalo cow?
(a) He owed Lakha a year's back wages for sweeping at his home and shop.
(b) He was advised to do this because he wanted sons.
(c) It was a part of the merchant's daughter's wedding festivities.
(d) His father had owed a debt to Lakha's father before both men died.

2. What does the priest tell Sohini he wants her to do?
(a) Clean the courtyard of his house at the temple.
(b) Consider devoting herself as a temple servant.
(c) Bring an offering to the temple goddess.
(d) Tell her father that the temple courtyard needs more frequent cleaning.

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

4. What does Charat Singh share with Bakha?
(a) His hookah.
(b) His cigarettes.
(c) Food.
(d) Tea.

5. What does Rakha say he will kill Bakha for?
(a) Refusing to clean the latrines.
(b) Failing to protect his sister.
(c) The way Bakha speaks to him.
(d) Touching the broom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Lakha borrow money from Ganesh Nath, the bania, to pay for?

3. What does Bakha fear being reborn as?

4. What does Bakha tell Sohini he is going to do when he sends her home with his cleaning equipment?

5. What does Bakha's family's diet seem to mostly consist of?

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