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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. Who throws the rock that strikes the babu's younger son?
(a) Bakha.
(b) Chota.
(c) Ram Charan.
(d) The babu's elder son.

2. What does Bakha criticize his brother for when they are eating?
(a) Chewing with his mouth open.
(b) Eating with dirty hands.
(c) Being greedy with the food.
(d) Dropping food on the floor.

3. Where did Bakha get his British jacket and overcoat?
(a) They were prizes he won for playing hockey.
(b) He bought them with his tip money.
(c) They were a gift from his uncle.
(d) He found them in a rubbish bin.

4. When Chota says that he does not want the babu's younger son to play in the game because he might get hurt, what devices are being employed?
(a) Dramatic and verbal irony.
(b) Situational and dramatic irony.
(c) Verbal irony and foreshadowing.
(d) Foreshadowing and situational irony.

5. Why is the younger of the babu's sons so eager to get going during their conversation with Bakha and his friends?
(a) He is afraid his mother will catch them talking to outcastes.
(b) He does not want to risk ritual pollution.
(c) He does not want to be late to school.
(d) He knows that there are sweets waiting for him at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bakha returns home, what does it seem to him his father has been doing all day?

2. What does the word "Pundit" mean (19)?

3. When Bakha is in the street where he has to step over the cow, what does he notice about his surroundings?

4. What is a "sadhu"?

5. On page 28, what does the narrator say prevails in the lives of the outcastes?

(see the answer key)

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