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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Pages 3-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the few men who come to the latrines wearing long white tunics and loose trousers?
(a) Priests.
(b) Sepoys.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Fakirs.

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

3. What causes Bakha to pause before entering the town?
(a) He is enjoying the sunshine.
(b) He is dreading going into the town.
(c) He hears his sister calling from their house.
(d) He sees his friends coming toward him.

4. What British brand of cigarettes do Bakha and his friends smoke?
(a) Weights and Navy.
(b) Lucky Strike.
(c) Red-Lamp.
(d) Old Gold.

5. What does the narrator say is "a sort of intoxication" for Bakha (11)?
(a) Work.
(b) Women.
(c) The sun.
(d) British culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ironic about Bakha's friends teasing him about his interest in "fashun" (26)?

2. What are the walls of the houses of the outcastes made of?

3. What does the narrator say that the word "sahib" refers to (5)?

4. What finally rouses Bakha from his bed at the beginning of the book?

5. Why does Bakha not feel sad about his mother's death?

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