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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. After he is finally free of the crowd in the street, what does Bakha suddenly realize is at the root of all of his problems?
(a) His lack of religious knowledge.
(b) His status as an "untouchable."
(c) His father.
(d) His lack of education.

2. What sweet does Ram Charan bring from his sister's wedding to share with his friends?
(a) Sugar plums.
(b) Candied pumpkin.
(c) Modaks.
(d) Laddus.

3. When the priest claims to have been "defiled by contact," what does Bakha assume (51)?
(a) He must have touched the priest on his way past him.
(b) His sister must have touched the priest.
(c) The priest is lying.
(d) There must be a third, as yet unseen, outcaste nearby.

4. Which character are people speaking of when they say that he is "a bit superior to his job" (9)?
(a) Bakha.
(b) Rakha.
(c) Lakha.
(d) Charat Singh.

5. What does Bakha tell Sohini he is going to do when he sends her home with his cleaning equipment?
(a) Go back and kill the priest.
(b) Go make a complaint to the police.
(c) Go to get the family some food.
(d) Go back and make the priest admit what he did.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?

2. What is a "cantonment" (3)?

3. How is Bakha feeling when he first arrives and surveys the happy wedding crowd?

4. What does the priest tell Sohini he wants her to do?

5. Who is Colonel Hutchinson?

(see the answer key)

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