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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 is Bakha staring at when he hears the man complaining that Bakha has bumped into him?
(a) The huge advertising signs he cannot read.
(b) A woman sitting in a window.
(c) The colorful clothing of a Peshawari fruit-seller.
(d) A page of the Daily Mail newspaper laying in the street.

2. What sweet does Ram Charan bring from his sister's wedding to share with his friends?
(a) Modaks.
(b) Laddus.
(c) Sugar plums.
(d) Candied pumpkin.

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

4. When Bakha is in the street where he has to step over the cow, what does he notice about his surroundings?
(a) Many of the shopkeepers are staring at him as if they have already heard gossip about him.
(b) There are not as many people out as is usual for the time of day.
(c) His sister has not cleaned the street as she was supposed to have done.
(d) The number of British goods for sale has increased since he was last in the town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Bakha use to refer to British soldiers?

2. Where did Bakha get his British jacket and overcoat?

3. What does Bakha think Ram Charan's sister looked like as a child?

4. When the priest claims to have been "defiled by contact," what does Bakha assume (51)?

5. What was the family's purpose in putting Bakha on the floor when he was so ill?

(see the answer key)

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