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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 finally rouses Bakha from his bed at the beginning of the book?
(a) His father's constant stream of verbal abuse.
(b) Thoughts of the importance of duty and hard work.
(c) Concern about where his brother has gone.
(d) A man complaining about the dirty latrines.

2. What is so soothing to Bakha about the smaller street, familiar to him since childhood, that he turns into when he leaves the crowded bazaar?
(a) The sight of the English musical instruments.
(b) The feeling of the much cooler air against his skin.
(c) The smell of spices from the spice merchants' shops.
(d) The sound of the children playing marbles.

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) Call out and announce their presence.
(c) Turn away and keep still until the caste Hindu has passed.
(d) Bow and avert their eyes.

4. What did Bakha's uncle tell him when he first said that he wanted to be a "sahib" (30)?
(a) That he would need to find another job.
(b) That it was impossible.
(c) That he would miss his family.
(d) That he would have to go to school.

5. What is a "sepoy" (5)?
(a) An Indian soldier.
(b) A town official.
(c) A rag-seller.
(d) A temple priest.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Bakha get his British jacket and overcoat?

5. What is ironic about Bakha's friends teasing him about his interest in "fashun" (26)?

(see the answer key)

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