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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 Bakha's family's diet seem to mostly consist of?
(a) Rice.
(b) Bread.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Cabbage.

2. What does Bakha see in the street outside of town that he reminds himself his mother told him was good luck to see?
(a) A human corpse.
(b) Animal bones.
(c) A red bird.
(d) A lost coin.

3. Where do Chota and Ram Charan go before the hockey game?
(a) To look for the priest.
(b) Back to their homes.
(c) To finish their work.
(d) With Bakha to the barracks.

4. 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 Charat Singh's hookah-smoking can be defiled by Bakha's touch.
(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 the dark line on the horizon looks like rain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the family's purpose in putting Bakha on the floor when he was so ill?

2. What is Lakha's point in telling the story about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?

3. What word does Bakha use to refer to British soldiers?

4. What do all of the stories about the solar topee have in common?

5. What does Bakha tell Sohini he is going to do when he sends her home with his cleaning equipment?

(see the answer key)

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