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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 habit of the British soldiers did Bakha find "Disgraceful" (12)?
(a) Bathing with their undergarments still on.
(b) Touching their genitals while bathing.
(c) Hurrying naked toward their bathtubs.
(d) Singing while bathing.

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

3. What habit of Indian people in this time period was the basis of a derogatory description used by the British soldiers?
(a) Using water to clear out their noses and sinuses.
(b) Squatting to urinate and defecate on the ground.
(c) Blowing repeatedly on tea and hot food to cool it.
(d) Bathing in water polluted by human and animal waste.

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

5. 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) He was so young when she died that he barely remembers her.
(c) She was a part of a more old-fashioned world than the one he wants to live in.
(d) She was even more cruelly abusive than his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job of the young man who is interested in Sohini?

2. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?

3. What is the narrator referring to when he describes Bakha wanting to speak the "tish-mish, tish-mish" (30)?

4. What does Charat Singh offer Bakha?

5. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?

(see the answer key)

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