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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 first woman in the alley houses repeatedly tell Bakha?
(a) She will call the police if he does not leave.
(b) She hopes that he will die.
(c) She is sorry about the death of his mother.
(d) She wishes she had more to offer him.

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

3. What is implied by Bakha's feeling like a "giant" when he looks back at the outcastes' colony after fleeing his home?
(a) The moment has finally come when Bakha will stand up for himself against the other outcastes.
(b) Bakha's misadventures are a source of danger to the outcastes living in the colony.
(c) Bakha's physical size is yet another thing that separates him from the other outcastes.
(d) There is something superior about Bakha's perspective, compared to that of the others in the colony.

4. What fear does the peasant express related to the Panchayat?
(a) They are expensive to maintain.
(b) Many are corrupt.
(c) Many exclude peasants.
(d) They are heavily influenced by Britain.

5. How old is Bakha?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rakha taunts Bakha and refuses to give up the broom, how does Bakha feel?

2. Why does Bakha not feel sad about his mother's death?

3. What finally rouses Bakha from his bed at the beginning of the book?

4. What animals does the man that Bakha bumps in the street repeatedly compare Bakha to?

5. Which character are people speaking of when they say that he is "a bit superior to his job" (9)?

(see the answer key)

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