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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 British brand of cigarettes do Bakha and his friends smoke?
(a) Weights and Navy.
(b) Red-Lamp.
(c) Old Gold.
(d) Lucky Strike.

2. What is Gulabo's job?
(a) Washerwoman.
(b) Weaver.
(c) Leather tanner.
(d) Water-carrier.

3. 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 it was impossible.
(d) That he would need to find another job.

4. What does the priest tell Sohini he wants her to do?
(a) Clean the courtyard of his house at the temple.
(b) Bring an offering to the temple goddess.
(c) Consider devoting herself as a temple servant.
(d) Tell her father that the temple courtyard needs more frequent cleaning.

5. What is a "cantonment" (3)?
(a) A subdivision of territory.
(b) A military or police headquarters.
(c) A palace for minor royalty.
(d) Land devoted to agriculture.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Bakha buy from the betel-leaf shop?

4. What does the term "Jemandar" mean (3)?

5. On page 6, what do the outcaste boys start calling Bakha after he starts wearing British clothing?

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