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

2. What does the narrator say that the word "sahib" refers to (5)?
(a) "Modern people."
(b) "Superior people."
(c) "Companions."
(d) "Hindu sepoys."

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

4. What are the "ghats by the waterside" (76)?
(a) Huts.
(b) Boats.
(c) Fires.
(d) Steps.

5. Why does Bakha think there is a chance that Ram Charan will have skipped his sister's wedding?
(a) He skipped his father's funeral.
(b) He and his sister are estranged.
(c) His family needs the money from his work.
(d) He disapproves of the match.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character are people speaking of when they say that he is "a bit superior to his job" (9)?

2. What advice does the second woman in the alley houses offer Bakha?

3. What has Bakha successfully taught himself from the book he bought?

4. What are the walls of the houses of the outcastes made of?

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

(see the answer key)

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