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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 instruction does Charat Singh give Bakha about the hockey stick?
(a) He should hide it under his coat and not tell anyone about the gift.
(b) He should practice with it before trying to use it in a game.
(c) He should treat it very carefully and ensure it is not damaged.
(d) He should show it to his father so that his father will be proud of how well-liked Bakha is.

2. What is Bakha trying to figure out when he is on his way to the kitchen and asks himself "Is it wet or dry?" (92)?
(a) Whether the dark line on the horizon looks like rain.
(b) What type of food Charat Singh is sending him to fetch.
(c) Whether there is still water in the pan the sparrows drink from.
(d) Whether Charat Singh's hookah-smoking can be defiled by Bakha's touch.

3. Of all of the cloths in the market, which is Bakha most drawn to?
(a) Manchester cloth.
(b) Sari silk.
(c) Suiting wool.
(d) Cotton plaid.

4. Who is Colonel Hutchinson?
(a) An officer from the British barracks Bakha used to clean.
(b) The head of the local Salvation Army.
(c) The commander of the cantonment.
(d) The babu whose son was injured at the hockey game.

5. What is Bakha asking for when he shouts up at the houses from the street?
(a) Coins.
(b) Water.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Bread.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who throws the rock that strikes the babu's younger son?

3. When Bakha gets home, where is he told that his brother has gone?

4. What does Bakha do after he sits down in the alley where he has been unable to get any attention from the houses?

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

(see the answer key)

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