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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Pages 84-109.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Bakha feeling when he first arrives and surveys the happy wedding crowd?
(a) Envious and angry.
(b) Jovial and relaxed.
(c) Afraid and self-conscious.
(d) Tired and apathetic.

2. What does Bakha tell Sohini he is going to do when he sends her home with his cleaning equipment?
(a) Go to get the family some food.
(b) Go make a complaint to the police.
(c) Go back and make the priest admit what he did.
(d) Go back and kill the priest.

3. What does Bakha see in the street outside of town that he reminds himself his mother told him was good luck to see?
(a) Animal bones.
(b) A red bird.
(c) A human corpse.
(d) A lost coin.

4. When Rakha taunts Bakha and refuses to give up the broom, how does Bakha feel?
(a) He thinks Rakha is just being a child and still loves him.
(b) He worries that Rakha's personality will isolate him from others.
(c) He is filled with jealousy over his father's favoritism.
(d) He is shocked at the wave of hatred he feels for his brother.

5. What advice does the second woman in the alley houses offer Bakha?
(a) He should be careful how he speaks to people.
(b) He should call later in the day if he expects food.
(c) He should not sit on people's doorsteps.
(d) He should remember to announce his presence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of Bakha's appearance surprises Charat Singh?

2. Why is the younger of the babu's sons so eager to get going during their conversation with Bakha and his friends?

3. What is "Waris Shah's Hir and Ranjah," which Bakha longs to read?

4. Why does Bahka not immediately apologize when he is accused of bumping the man in the street?

5. How does Bakha feel about Charat Singh, most of the time?

(see the answer key)

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