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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. Why did a rich merchant once give Lakha a buffalo cow?
(a) His father had owed a debt to Lakha's father before both men died.
(b) It was a part of the merchant's daughter's wedding festivities.
(c) He owed Lakha a year's back wages for sweeping at his home and shop.
(d) He was advised to do this because he wanted sons.

2. Where did Bakha acquire a taste for the Western way of life?
(a) At his British-run school.
(b) Traveling with his uncle.
(c) Playing hockey in other towns.
(d) Working in a British barracks.

3. 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 smell of spices from the spice merchants' shops.
(b) The sight of the English musical instruments.
(c) The sound of the children playing marbles.
(d) The feeling of the much cooler air against his skin.

4. Which character are people speaking of when they say that he is "a bit superior to his job" (9)?
(a) Charat Singh.
(b) Bakha.
(c) Lakha.
(d) Rakha.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the "jalebis" that Bakha buys in the market?

3. What is Gulabo's job?

4. What habit of Indian people in this time period was the basis of a derogatory description used by the British soldiers?

5. On page 28, what does the narrator say prevails in the lives of the outcastes?

(see the answer key)

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