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

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

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

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

5. What did Lakha borrow money from Ganesh Nath, the bania, to pay for?
(a) His wife's funeral.
(b) His daughter's dowry.
(c) Sweeping equipment.
(d) A cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a tonga-wallah?

2. What does Sohini eventually admit to her brother the priest did to her?

3. Why is the younger of the babu's sons so eager to get going during their conversation with Bakha and his friends?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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