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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. Why does Bakha decide it would be best not to let Ram Charan know about the hockey stick?
(a) Ram Charan might tease him about it and spoil the joy of the gift.
(b) Ram Charan might tell Lakha about how Bakha has spent the afternoon.
(c) Ram Charan might try to steal the stick for himself.
(d) Ram Charan might go to Charat Singh and ask for a similar hockey stick.

2. What does the narrator say is "a sort of intoxication" for Bakha (11)?
(a) The sun.
(b) Women.
(c) Work.
(d) British culture.

3. Why are Chota and Ram Charan eager for the babu's sons to be at the hockey game?
(a) They own a number of hockey sticks.
(b) They are excellent hockey players.
(c) The babu will send his sons with plenty of food for everyone.
(d) The babu might come to the game to watch them play.

4. Why does Rakha not come inside when their father has Sohini call him in?
(a) He has gone to fetch kindling for the waste-burning fire.
(b) He is off somewhere playing games with his friends.
(c) He has gone to see the preparations for Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(d) He is angry at Sohini and pretends not to hear her.

5. What does his trip to the kitchen cause Bakha to remember?
(a) The food his mother used to cook.
(b) The guests at Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(c) Being yelled at by a cook when he was small.
(d) His dream about the little girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bakha buy from the betel-leaf shop?

2. What motivates the babu's son to agree to give Bakha lessons?

3. What word does Colonel Hutchinson object to Bakha using to describe him?

4. Where did Bakha get his British jacket and overcoat?

5. What is Lakha's purpose in having Sohini call for her brothers?

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