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

2. Why does Bakha not feel sad about his mother's death?
(a) He knows that her life was miserable, and he is glad she is free of her suffering.
(b) She was even more cruelly abusive than his father.
(c) She was a part of a more old-fashioned world than the one he wants to live in.
(d) He was so young when she died that he barely remembers her.

3. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?
(a) Stand against a wall until the caste Hindu has passed.
(b) Turn away and keep still until the caste Hindu has passed.
(c) Call out and announce their presence.
(d) Bow and avert their eyes.

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

5. What does the passage about the cheap nickel jewelry reveal about Bakha?
(a) He secretly admires the bright, cheerful manner in which many caste Hindus dress.
(b) His fascination with the English has ruined for him some of the things he loved as a child.
(c) His disinterest in Indian culture is a result of his outcaste status rather than his exposure to English culture.
(d) His poverty is the main thing that keeps him from dressing as he really wants to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?

2. Why is the younger of the babu's sons so eager to get going during their conversation with Bakha and his friends?

3. What does Bakha see in the street outside of town that he reminds himself his mother told him was good luck to see?

4. Why does Rakha not come inside when their father has Sohini call him in?

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

(see the answer key)

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