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

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

3. How old is Bakha?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

4. On page 28, what does the narrator say prevails in the lives of the outcastes?
(a) Faith.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Silence.
(d) Indifference.

5. What does Bakha buy from the betel-leaf shop?
(a) Tea.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Matches.
(d) Cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charat Singh offer Bakha?

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

3. Where did Bakha acquire a taste for the Western way of life?

4. Why did a rich merchant once give Lakha a buffalo cow?

5. 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?

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