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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 do the outcastes gather in a crowd at the well?
(a) They are not allowed to draw water until all of the higher-caste homes have drawn theirs.
(b) It is a chance to take a break from their long workdays.
(c) They must wait for someone higher-caste to draw the water.
(d) It is a chance to talk and exchange gossip.
2. Why is the younger of the babu's sons so eager to get going during their conversation with Bakha and his friends?
(a) He does not want to be late to school.
(b) He is afraid his mother will catch them talking to outcastes.
(c) He knows that there are sweets waiting for him at home.
(d) He does not want to risk ritual pollution.
3. Why does Rakha not come inside when their father has Sohini call him in?
(a) He is off somewhere playing games with his friends.
(b) He is angry at Sohini and pretends not to hear her.
(c) He has gone to fetch kindling for the waste-burning fire.
(d) He has gone to see the preparations for Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
4. What is Bakha's first response when he hears the priest cry out "Polluted, polluted, polluted" (50)?
(a) He tries to hide.
(b) He freezes in terror.
(c) He stands at the top of the steps and yells back.
(d) He runs down the steps.
5. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?
(a) Improper behavior with a woman.
(b) Theft.
(c) Beating him.
(d) Insulting a god.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why are Chota and Ram Charan eager for the babu's sons to be at the hockey game?
2. Why does Bakha not feel sad about his mother's death?
3. What gesture does Bakha continuously make in order to try to placate the man that he has bumped on the street?
4. What is the narrator referring to when he describes Bakha wanting to speak the "tish-mish, tish-mish" (30)?
5. What word does Lakha use to address the doctor in his story?
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