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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 Charat Singh share with Bakha?
(a) His cigarettes.
(b) Food.
(c) Tea.
(d) His hookah.

2. What is Lakha's purpose in having Sohini call for her brothers?
(a) He intends to get them to do his work as well as their own.
(b) He wants to ask them about Lachman's intentions toward Sohini.
(c) He needs them to escort Sohini to and from the temple.
(d) He wants to scold them for not doing their work properly.

3. What does the word "Pundit" mean (19)?
(a) A high-caste person.
(b) A scholar.
(c) A religious leader.
(d) A merchant.

4. What emotion does Bakha struggle with as his father tells the story of the time he was so ill as a child?
(a) Scorn.
(b) Rage.
(c) Self-pity.
(d) Fear.

5. Why does Bakha feel glad that his friends are walking well ahead of him when they are heading to the heath?
(a) He wants to enjoy some solitude in nature.
(b) He is nervous about being accused of ritual pollution.
(c) He is tired of being teased about his clothing.
(d) He does not want them to notice his sadness about the wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caste does the cook assume Bakha is a member of?

2. What habit of the British soldiers did Bakha find "Disgraceful" (12)?

3. Who are the few men who come to the latrines wearing long white tunics and loose trousers?

4. On page 9, what does the narrator compare Bakha's capacity for work to?

5. What does Bakha's family's diet seem to mostly consist of?

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