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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 does the term "Jemandar" mean (3)?
(a) Foreman, leader of a crew of workers.
(b) A state of ritual impurity.
(c) It is a term of respect for someone of a higher caste.
(d) To argue a point just for the fun of argument.

2. What does Charat Singh send Bakha to fetch in the kitchen?
(a) A towel.
(b) Food.
(c) Coals.
(d) Tea.

3. 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.

4. What does the text refer to as the "noblest part of the body" (88)?
(a) The head.
(b) The hands.
(c) The eyes.
(d) The heart.

5. What has Chota lied to the other players about?
(a) Ram Charan's mother.
(b) The source of their equipment.
(c) Bakha's caste.
(d) Chota's ability as a hockey player.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bahka not immediately apologize when he is accused of bumping the man in the street?

2. What does the narrator explain with the phrase "set a thief to catch a thief" (38)?

3. How does Bakha get into the golbagh?

4. What caste does the cook assume Bakha is a member of?

5. What does Bakha discover about the stick that Charat Singh gave the babu's younger son?

(see the answer key)

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