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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 Bakha do after he sits down in the alley where he has been unable to get any attention from the houses?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He begins to weep.
(c) He prays.
(d) He plots revenge against the priest.

2. Where did Bakha acquire a taste for the Western way of life?
(a) Playing hockey in other towns.
(b) Working in a British barracks.
(c) Traveling with his uncle.
(d) At his British-run school.

3. What does Bakha fear being reborn as?
(a) A cow.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A Christian.
(d) An outcaste.

4. What does Bakha stop to do on his way home from the hockey game?
(a) See more of Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(b) Beg for water at the well.
(c) Retrieve the sugar plums he hid for later.
(d) Hide his stick.

5. What does Bakha discover about the stick that Charat Singh gave the babu's younger son?
(a) It is nearly identical to his own.
(b) It is clearly one that Charat Singh used in many games.
(c) It is much too large for the boy to use.
(d) It is a higher-quality stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event starts the fight between the two hockey teams?

2. What is Lakha's purpose in having Sohini call for her brothers?

3. What British brand of cigarettes do Bakha and his friends smoke?

4. What gesture does Bakha continuously make in order to try to placate the man that he has bumped on the street?

5. As Gandhi's vehicle makes its way to where he will give his speech, what does Bakha notice about the Englishman who is the District Superintendent of Police?

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