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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Pages 57-83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Lakha use to address the doctor in his story?
(a) Hakim.
(b) Pandit.
(c) Sahib.
(d) Babu.

2. What is the narrator referring to when he describes Bakha wanting to speak the "tish-mish, tish-mish" (30)?
(a) The language of Bakha's Muslim neighbors.
(b) The sounds of spoken English.
(c) Hindu ritual chants and prayers.
(d) A higher-status dialect of Hindi.

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

4. 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) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

5. What animals does the man that Bakha bumps in the street repeatedly compare Bakha to?
(a) A pig and a goat.
(b) A goat and a monkey.
(c) A dog and a pig.
(d) A monkey and a dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bakha think that his father will not object to his leaving if he says he is going to see Ram Charan's sister's wedding?

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

3. What is Lakha's point in telling the story about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?

4. Why does Bakha feel glad that his friends are walking well ahead of him when they are heading to the heath?

5. What is the priest's real motivation in serving Sohini first?

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