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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 is Bakha staring at when he hears the man complaining that Bakha has bumped into him?
(a) A page of the Daily Mail newspaper laying in the street.
(b) The colorful clothing of a Peshawari fruit-seller.
(c) The huge advertising signs he cannot read.
(d) A woman sitting in a window.

2. What has Gulabo accused Bakha of, in the past?
(a) Encouraging Ram Charan to neglect his duties.
(b) Stealing pieces of clothing from their customers' washing.
(c) Defiling her home by coming too near it.
(d) Having an inappropriate interest in her daughter.

3. What does Rakha say he will kill Bakha for?
(a) Refusing to clean the latrines.
(b) Failing to protect his sister.
(c) The way Bakha speaks to him.
(d) Touching the broom.

4. What is a "cantonment" (3)?
(a) A military or police headquarters.
(b) Land devoted to agriculture.
(c) A palace for minor royalty.
(d) A subdivision of territory.

5. 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 red bird.
(b) A human corpse.
(c) Animal bones.
(d) A lost coin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?

3. What advice does the second woman in the alley houses offer Bakha?

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

5. Besides his hockey skills and sense of humor, what is Havildar Charat Singh well-known for?

(see the answer key)

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