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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 old is Bakha?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

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

3. When the priest claims to have been "defiled by contact," what does Bakha assume (51)?
(a) There must be a third, as yet unseen, outcaste nearby.
(b) The priest is lying.
(c) His sister must have touched the priest.
(d) He must have touched the priest on his way past him.

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

5. How many times does Bakha try to mount the temple steps before he has the courage to get all the way to the top step?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?

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

4. What does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?

5. Of all of the cloths in the market, which is Bakha most drawn to?

(see the answer key)

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