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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. How does Bakha feel when he observes the services taking place inside the temple?
(a) Angry.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Moved.
(d) Confused.

2. When Bakha is in the street where he has to step over the cow, what does he notice about his surroundings?
(a) The number of British goods for sale has increased since he was last in the town.
(b) There are not as many people out as is usual for the time of day.
(c) Many of the shopkeepers are staring at him as if they have already heard gossip about him.
(d) His sister has not cleaned the street as she was supposed to have done.

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

4. What is Bakha staring at when he hears the man complaining that Bakha has bumped into him?
(a) A woman sitting in a window.
(b) The colorful clothing of a Peshawari fruit-seller.
(c) The huge advertising signs he cannot read.
(d) A page of the Daily Mail newspaper laying in the street.

5. What is a tonga-wallah?
(a) A carriage driver.
(b) A jockey.
(c) A delivery person.
(d) A blacksmith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bakha tell Sohini he is going to do when he sends her home with his cleaning equipment?

2. Why does Rakha not come inside when their father has Sohini call him in?

3. 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?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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