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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. When Bakha gets home, where is he told that his brother has gone?
(a) To play hockey.
(b) To clean the latrines.
(c) To Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(d) To beg for food in the barracks.

2. 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.

3. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?
(a) Stand against a wall until the caste Hindu has passed.
(b) Turn away and keep still until the caste Hindu has passed.
(c) Call out and announce their presence.
(d) Bow and avert their eyes.

4. What does context suggest is the correct interpretation of the narrator's description of the temple's "florid exuberance" (46)?
(a) It is a bright reddish color.
(b) It is extremely ornate.
(c) It is composed of many separate sections.
(d) It is covered in carved flowers.

5. What do both Bakha's earlier dreams and his experience at the wedding demonstrate about him?
(a) He enjoys the stimulation of being with a crowd.
(b) He is emotionally responsive to music.
(c) He is sometimes narrow-minded and judgmental.
(d) He depends on his friends to keep him grounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Gandhi been just before making his appearance in Bulashah?

2. What does the poet say are the misinterpreted and more accurate meanings of the word "maya"?

3. What does Bakha think Ram Charan's sister looked like as a child?

4. What does the crowd burn in the bonfire after Gandhi's speech?

5. What sweet does Ram Charan bring from his sister's wedding to share with his friends?

(see the answer key)

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