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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 30-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the priest inside the temple do to indicate the beginning of services?
(a) He blows on a conch shell.
(b) He hits a small gong.
(c) He strikes a five-headed drum.
(d) He rings a series of bells.

2. How does Bakha feel when he observes the services taking place inside the temple?
(a) Moved.
(b) Confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Fearful.

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

4. What is "Waris Shah's Hir and Ranjah," which Bakha longs to read?
(a) A political treatise.
(b) A book of history.
(c) An adventure novel.
(d) A epic poem.

5. How old is Bakha?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bakha staring at when he hears the man complaining that Bakha has bumped into him?

2. What is a tonga-wallah?

3. Of all of the cloths in the market, which is Bakha most drawn to?

4. Why do the outcastes gather in a crowd at the well?

5. What did Bakha's uncle tell him when he first said that he wanted to be a "sahib" (30)?

(see the answer key)

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