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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. Why did a rich merchant once give Lakha a buffalo cow?
(a) He was advised to do this because he wanted sons.
(b) He owed Lakha a year's back wages for sweeping at his home and shop.
(c) It was a part of the merchant's daughter's wedding festivities.
(d) His father had owed a debt to Lakha's father before both men died.

2. What does context suggest is the correct interpretation of the narrator's description of the temple's "florid exuberance" (46)?
(a) It is covered in carved flowers.
(b) It is extremely ornate.
(c) It is composed of many separate sections.
(d) It is a bright reddish color.

3. What does the term "Jemandar" mean (3)?
(a) It is a term of respect for someone of a higher caste.
(b) To argue a point just for the fun of argument.
(c) A state of ritual impurity.
(d) Foreman, leader of a crew of workers.

4. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?
(a) Bow and avert their eyes.
(b) Turn away and keep still until the caste Hindu has passed.
(c) Stand against a wall until the caste Hindu has passed.
(d) Call out and announce their presence.

5. What is "Waris Shah's Hir and Ranjah," which Bakha longs to read?
(a) A epic poem.
(b) A book of history.
(c) An adventure novel.
(d) A political treatise.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the priest tell Sohini he wants her to do?

3. Why do the outcastes gather in a crowd at the well?

4. Who are the few men who come to the latrines wearing long white tunics and loose trousers?

5. How does Bakha feel when he observes the services taking place inside the temple?

(see the answer key)

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