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

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

3. What are the walls of the houses of the outcastes made of?
(a) Sheets of tin.
(b) Mud.
(c) Stone.
(d) Scavenged lumber.

4. What is a "cantonment" (3)?
(a) A palace for minor royalty.
(b) A military or police headquarters.
(c) Land devoted to agriculture.
(d) A subdivision of territory.

5. Where did Bakha acquire a taste for the Western way of life?
(a) At his British-run school.
(b) Traveling with his uncle.
(c) Playing hockey in other towns.
(d) Working in a British barracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bakha get his British jacket and overcoat?

2. Who are the few men who come to the latrines wearing long white tunics and loose trousers?

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

4. What does the term "Jemandar" mean (3)?

5. What habit of Indian people in this time period was the basis of a derogatory description used by the British soldiers?

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