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

2. Why is the younger of the babu's sons so eager to get going during their conversation with Bakha and his friends?
(a) He knows that there are sweets waiting for him at home.
(b) He is afraid his mother will catch them talking to outcastes.
(c) He does not want to be late to school.
(d) He does not want to risk ritual pollution.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Bakha do when he is finally at the top of the temple steps?

4. What gesture does Bakha continuously make in order to try to placate the man that he has bumped on the street?

5. What aspect of Bakha's appearance surprises Charat Singh?

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