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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. What is a tonga-wallah?
(a) A delivery person.
(b) A jockey.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A carriage driver.

2. 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) Situational and dramatic irony.
(b) Dramatic and verbal irony.
(c) Foreshadowing and situational irony.
(d) Verbal irony and foreshadowing.

3. What word does Bakha use to refer to British soldiers?
(a) Squaddies.
(b) Redcoats.
(c) Tommies.
(d) Pongos.

4. What is a "sepoy" (5)?
(a) A town official.
(b) A rag-seller.
(c) An Indian soldier.
(d) A temple priest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did a rich merchant once give Lakha a buffalo cow?

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

3. How much money was Gulabo given for her daughter's hand in marriage?

4. What is a "cantonment" (3)?

5. What does his trip to the kitchen cause Bakha to remember?

(see the answer key)

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