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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. On page 9, what does the narrator compare Bakha's capacity for work to?
(a) Wind shaking the leaves.
(b) Water flowing from a stream.
(c) The burning of a fire.
(d) The shining of glass.

2. What does the narrator say Charat Singh's offer "called forth" in Bakha (10)?
(a) Servility.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hope.
(d) Compassion.

3. Why does Bahka not immediately apologize when he is accused of bumping the man in the street?
(a) He is paralyzed with fear.
(b) He thinks the idea of ritual pollution is ridiculous.
(c) He does not think he really bumped the man.
(d) He does not hear what the man is saying, at first.

4. What is the job of the young man who is interested in Sohini?
(a) Grass-cutter.
(b) Water-carrier.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Weaver.

5. What is ironic about Bakha's friends teasing him about his interest in "fashun" (26)?
(a) They share this interest.
(b) They are the ones who first encouraged his interest.
(c) They do not even know what the word means.
(d) They are not trying to be cruel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bakha not feel sad about his mother's death?

2. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?

3. What does the narrator say that the word "sahib" refers to (5)?

4. What is Bakha's first response when he hears the priest cry out "Polluted, polluted, polluted" (50)?

5. What gesture does Bakha continuously make in order to try to placate the man that he has bumped on the street?

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