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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 priest tell Sohini he wants her to do?
(a) Bring an offering to the temple goddess.
(b) Clean the courtyard of his house at the temple.
(c) Consider devoting herself as a temple servant.
(d) Tell her father that the temple courtyard needs more frequent cleaning.

2. When Bakha is in the street where he has to step over the cow, what does he notice about his surroundings?
(a) Many of the shopkeepers are staring at him as if they have already heard gossip about him.
(b) There are not as many people out as is usual for the time of day.
(c) His sister has not cleaned the street as she was supposed to have done.
(d) The number of British goods for sale has increased since he was last in the town.

3. What does Bakha buy from the betel-leaf shop?
(a) Tea.
(b) Matches.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Medicine.

4. Why does Bakha think there is a chance that Ram Charan will have skipped his sister's wedding?
(a) He disapproves of the match.
(b) His family needs the money from his work.
(c) He skipped his father's funeral.
(d) He and his sister are estranged.

5. What does Bakha criticize his brother for when they are eating?
(a) Dropping food on the floor.
(b) Chewing with his mouth open.
(c) Being greedy with the food.
(d) Eating with dirty hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the outcastes gather in a crowd at the well?

2. How does Bakha feel when he observes the services taking place inside the temple?

3. What is a "sadhu"?

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

5. What habit of Indian people in this time period was the basis of a derogatory description used by the British soldiers?

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