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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Pages 110-139.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chota suggest Bakha distract himself from the woes of his morning with?
(a) Planning revenge against the priest.
(b) Wedding sweets.
(c) Work.
(d) Hockey.

3. What is the narrator referring to when he describes Bakha wanting to speak the "tish-mish, tish-mish" (30)?
(a) The sounds of spoken English.
(b) Hindu ritual chants and prayers.
(c) A higher-status dialect of Hindi.
(d) The language of Bakha's Muslim neighbors.

4. What does the man paraphrasing the Tribune article say is the "highest bliss to be realized" (122)?
(a) Self-governance.
(b) Freedom from want.
(c) Submission to God.
(d) Dharmic discipline.

5. What does Colonel Hutchinson tell Bakha is "the god of the idolaters" (114)?
(a) Kali.
(b) Brahma.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Rama.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 28, what does the narrator say prevails in the lives of the outcastes?

2. What is "Waris Shah's Hir and Ranjah," which Bakha longs to read?

3. What does Bakha fear being reborn as?

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

5. What is Chota's reaction to Bakha's new hockey stick?

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