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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 are the "jalebis" that Bakha buys in the market?
(a) A flatbread layered with nuts and dried fruits.
(b) A syrup-soaked fried dough.
(c) A European-style hard candy.
(d) A type of Indian ice cream.

2. What aspect of Bakha's appearance surprises Charat Singh?
(a) His cleanliness.
(b) His muscular form.
(c) His proud expression.
(d) His sensitive face.

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

4. After he is finally free of the crowd in the street, what does Bakha suddenly realize is at the root of all of his problems?
(a) His lack of religious knowledge.
(b) His father.
(c) His status as an "untouchable."
(d) His lack of education.

5. What animals does the man that Bakha bumps in the street repeatedly compare Bakha to?
(a) A goat and a monkey.
(b) A pig and a goat.
(c) A dog and a pig.
(d) A monkey and a dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What British brand of cigarettes do Bakha and his friends smoke?

2. What word does Bakha use to refer to British soldiers?

3. What has Bakha successfully taught himself from the book he bought?

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

5. What is the image in the model temple at the base of the banyan tree?

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