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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 does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?
(a) Sadism.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Hysteria.
(d) Contempt.

2. What is a "cantonment" (3)?
(a) Land devoted to agriculture.
(b) A military or police headquarters.
(c) A palace for minor royalty.
(d) A subdivision of territory.

3. What did Lakha borrow money from Ganesh Nath, the bania, to pay for?
(a) Sweeping equipment.
(b) His wife's funeral.
(c) His daughter's dowry.
(d) A cow.

4. What is Lakha's point in telling the story about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?
(a) The caste system can seem unfair, but eventually everyone gets what they deserve.
(b) The upper castes can be good people who try to help the outcastes.
(c) He has done a lot for Bakha and deserves better treatment from his son.
(d) He loves Bakha more than it seems like he does.

5. What habit of the British soldiers did Bakha find "Disgraceful" (12)?
(a) Touching their genitals while bathing.
(b) Bathing with their undergarments still on.
(c) Hurrying naked toward their bathtubs.
(d) Singing while bathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bakha feel glad that his friends are walking well ahead of him when they are heading to the heath?

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

3. What does the narrator say is "a sort of intoxication" for Bakha (11)?

4. What is ironic about Bakha's friends teasing him about his interest in "fashun" (26)?

5. How old is Bakha?

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