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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 is the narrator referring to when he describes Bakha wanting to speak the "tish-mish, tish-mish" (30)?
(a) The language of Bakha's Muslim neighbors.
(b) Hindu ritual chants and prayers.
(c) The sounds of spoken English.
(d) A higher-status dialect of Hindi.

2. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?
(a) Beating him.
(b) Theft.
(c) Improper behavior with a woman.
(d) Insulting a god.

3. What does Sohini eventually admit to her brother the priest did to her?
(a) Grabbed her breasts.
(b) Chastised her for not cleaning properly.
(c) Made improper sexual suggestions.
(d) Threatened to get their father in trouble.

4. What is the priest's real motivation in serving Sohini first?
(a) He is physically attracted to her.
(b) He admires her piety and humility.
(c) He is intentionally slighting Gulabo.
(d) He takes pity on her low status.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "cantonment" (3)?

2. What is "Waris Shah's Hir and Ranjah," which Bakha longs to read?

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

4. Why does Bahka not immediately apologize when he is accused of bumping the man in the street?

5. What habit of the British soldiers did Bakha find "Disgraceful" (12)?

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